"Annika" in Rostock
Fire on tanker: crew discharged from hospital
The seven crew members brought to safety from a burning oil tanker on the Baltic Sea have been discharged from hospital. The engine room of the tanker "Annika" caught fire off Heiligendamm. The fire was finally extinguished from shore in Rostock.
The 73-metre-long ship was last moored west of Kühlungsborn and reportedly had 640 tons of heavy oil on board. The "Annika" was on its way from Rostock to Travemünde when the fire broke out in the stern area of the ship early on Friday morning. The emergency call was received by the rescue services shortly after 9.00 am.
It is currently assumed that the fire started in the paint room and not in the engine room, said a spokesman for the German Central Command for Maritime Emergencies in Rostock's overseas port.
According to earlier information from the Schwerin Ministry of the Environment, no water pollution has occurred to date.
The Baltic Sea is one of the busiest seas in the world. Around 2,000 large ships sail there every day, including tankers with up to 100,000 tons of cargo on board.
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