Sunday, May 4, 2008

Transport Ministry says no environment threat at Naftogaz-67 lifting place

Ukraine's Transport and Communications Ministry assures there is no environment threat at the place of the Ukrainian Naftogaz-67 ship lifting, sunken in the South China Sea near Hong Kong March 22. The lifting operation is supposed to take place today.

According to the Ministry press-service, preparation operation for the vessel lifting is running.

24-hour search for sailors missing is underway. Divers keep on inspecting the Naftogaz-67 deck stricture. Search and rescue and engineering operations involve 101 specialists, including 30 divers.

Weather is fine at the vessel location for search and rescue and lifting operations.