A Norwegian ship with a cargo of almost 3,000 new cars, including high-end BMWs, Volvos and Saabs, sank in shallow waters in the English Channel, after a collision in thick fog with a Bahamas-registered container vessel.
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There were no casualties, thanks to the speedy arrival of the rescue services. <\/P><\/p>\n
Although badly damaged, the container vessel was able to make it to the Belgian port of Antwerp.<\/P><\/p>\n
Rescue services said the sea had been calm but visibility poor at the time of the collision on Saturday. <\/P><\/p>\n
‘There was clearly a radar defect aboard at least one of the ships,’ said Captain Antoine Goulley, spokesman for France’s Channel and North Sea Maritime Authority. <\/P><\/p>\n
France’s Maritime Authority said that the Norwegian ship would be floated as soon as it was established that there was no pollution threat. <\/P><\/p>\n
The cars, straight from production plants, each had about five litres of oil in them, but this was likely to evaporate quickly and did not present a pollution threat, officials said.<\/P><\/p>\n
The French Coast Guard said the accident should not interfere with shipping in the area.
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