COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Two crew members on a British cargo vessel had been discovered to be over the authorized restrict for medication or alcohol after a collision with a Danish barge within the Baltic Sea that killed at the very least one particular person on Monday, the proprietor of the British ship mentioned.
The 55-metre Karin Hoj barge capsized when it crashed with the 90-metre Scot Carrier off the island of Bornholm in fog and darkness early on Monday.
One of the 2 Danish crew members from the capsized barge was discovered useless within the hull. The different crew member was nonetheless lacking.
The Swedish Prosecution Authority mentioned in an announcement {that a} preliminary investigation was underway into a number of suspected crimes — gross negligence in maritime site visitors, inflicting demise via negligence, and marine intoxication.
It mentioned a Briton and a Croatian had been take into custody however that it may present no additional particulars as a result of preliminary nature of the investigation.
“In line with normal procedures, (…) all crew members of the Scot Carrier had been examined for medication and alcohol with two crew members exceeding the authorized restrict,” Scotline, which owns the Scot Carrier, mentioned in an announcement late on Monday.
The firm mentioned it has a strict drug and alcohol coverage in place and nil tolerance of any breaches.
(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
