Marine

2.6, sinking, fatalities

Greece: hopes of finding the five missing crew of general cargo vessel Han that sank after colliding with the combined chemical and oil tanker Alios Artemis in the Aegean Sea, faded after a fruitless night-long rescue effort. Several rescue helicopters, coast guard vessels and dozens of fishing boats worked through the night some 16 nautical miles southeast of Hydra Island, to locate the cargo ship’s missing crew members. The cause of the collision was not known but Greek officials said the tanker, which had left the nearby oil refinery of Agii Theodori, had blown its horn to warn the cargo ship of the imminent collision but the ship did not change course.