The small coasters Karin Hoej and Scot Carrier collided at 03:30 CET this morning, off the South coast of Sweden. One of the ships is capsized, and there are people missing. With only a couple of degrees centigrade in the water, this one won’t have a happy ending :frowning: Article in Expressen ( S…

From the BBC: [image] Baltic Sea: Two missing after cargo ships collide off Sweden A Danish vessel has capsized after colliding with a British-flagged ship in the Baltic Sea.

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Two crew members of the Karin Hoej were missing. After towing the fully capsized ship to shallow waters one body was found inside the ship. None of the crew if the British ship was hurt by the accident. Two crew members of the Scot Carrier were arrested on the suspicion of the use of alcohol.

Just a bit more: Two cargo ships - one British - collide in the Baltic Sea: Two crew feared dead | Daily Mail Online : Two cargo ships - one British - collide in the Baltic Sea: Two crew feared dead | Daily Mail Online

A avoidable tragedy… Why do the news articles insist on identifying the Karin Hoej as a “barge”?

She is classed as a Self-sailing barges (Splitbarge): [image] Karin Høj - Rederiet Høj Self-sailing barges (Splitbarge) Latest from BBC News: [image] Two detained after UK boat's fatal collision off Sweden One person is dead and one missing after …

Looking at the AIS they were both going through a TSS in the same direction, prior to the collision the Scot Carrier was doing about 12 knots and the Karin Hoej was doing about 6 knots. The AIS tracks indicate that the Scot Carrier was the overtaking vessel but they just went straight into the stern…

I’ve heard that crew on small coasters are often expected to work an illegally high number of hours but record that they have worked legal hours. Hours of rest are often not complied with.

I have never heard of Self-sailing barges. But maybe they sail around in Norway on their own. Are you a Captain of one such Self-sailing barge?

I guess a better term would be “self-propelled barge” as “self-sailing” may also be interpreted as being autonomous. IHS classified Karin Høj as “Hopper, Motor”; perhaps “motor hopper” could also be quite descriptive.

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