
Poor weather conditions during the weekend made it impossible for rescue vessels to gain control of RoRo vessel Modern Express, which has no seafarers on board and is drifting around at a severe heel in the Key of Biscay headed toward the French Atlantic coast.
All 22 crew members from the 164 meter vessel were evacuated late on Friday by helicopters from the Spanish coast guard. The ship encountered difficulties and sent out distress signals last week when it suddenly lost engine power. The ship is loaded with 3,600 tons of wood as well as machines.
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