Two were missing after cargo ships collided outside Sweden
By Press Association 2021
Two cargo ships collided outside southern Sweden on Monday, with at least two people reported missing, according to Danish and Swedish authorities.
One of the ships capsized.
Media reports said that the British-registered Scot Carrier and the Danish ship Karin Hoej had collided south of Ystad in Sweden, near the Danish island of Bornholm.
Several ships and helicopters were sent to the site, according to authorities in Sweden and Denmark.
The cause of the collision was not immediately known but there was speculation that it could be due to poor visibility caused by fog.
According to the site marinetraffic, Scot Carrier was on its way from Salacgriva in Latvia to Montrose in Scotland, while Karin Hoej had left Södertälje in Sweden for Nykoebing Falster in Denmark.
The Swedish Maritime Administration’s spokesperson Jonas Franzen tells Expressen: “We do not know what has happened yet. One of the ships has capsized and is upside down. “