Crew interrogated about their effort in tragic shipwreck
A shipwreck in the Mediterranean this summer had a fatal ending for hundreds of migrants, in spite of the crew on tanker Clipper Hebe implementing rescue efforts. The crew was then interrogated by Italian authorities about the adequacy of their effort. Shipowners call it a matter of principle.
BY NIKLAS KRIGSLUND
A Norwegian commercial vessel was involved in a rescue operation in the Mediterranean this summer, where hundreds of people are presumed drowned, when a boat full of migrants sank South of the Greek island Crete.
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