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Speedboat of pilot vessel capsized
A pilot and two crew members of a speedboat of the "Wandelaar" landed in the sea in the morning of Dec 10, 2018, at 5 a.m. at the height of the "Wandelaar". They were rescued from the water by their colleagues, and transported by helicopter to the AZ Sint-Jan hspital in Bruges. The "Sirius" along with several other ships was on the spot in an attempt to save the capsized speedboat.
Collision off Ostend
On Jan 11, 2018, at 12.45 p.m. the cargo m/v "Elke W", enroute from Southampton, where she had sailed on Jan 10, to Antwerp was in collision with the "Wandelaar Pilot", about 11 miles off the coast of Ostend in the Northsea. The accident happened when the "Wandelaar Pilot" made a maneuver to drop off a pilot. There were six crew members on board the "Elke W" who remained unharmed, just like the "Wandelaar Pilot"'s crew. Both ships suffered damage above the waterline. After an inspecton on open sea both ships headed to port. The "Wandelaar Pilot" was to be surveyed in Ostend and berthed at the Wandelaar Quay at 4 p.m., while the "Elke W" headed to Flushing for a thorough survey.
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