Friday, July 3, 2009

Ships Collide in Öresund Strait


Two freight ships collided on Friday in the Öresund strait between southern Sweden and Denmark on Friday.

A Maltese ship carrying 182 tons of raw uranium was in collision with a Norwegian registered tanker which was carrying methanol.

Mette Oehlenschlager of the National Institute of Radiation Hygiene told ATP news that there is no radiation danger.

There were no reports of oil pollution from the collision which happened on the Danish side of the strait. There have been no reported injuries.



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