mon 01 feb 2016, 16:41

More incidents in the Belgian part North sea

OSTEND –

In the Belgian part of the North sea, last year 217 incidents with ships registered. In 2014 there were 193, and the year before 198. That is according to figures from the Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre in Ostend, secretary of state Bart Tommelein (North sea) to the parliament has sent.

Thirteen ships lost last year, five kapseisden and there sank seven. The service there were five collisions and fifteen medical evacuations in 2015. In 172 of these cases, technical problems with vessels while that there is a year before 139.

The centre has no statistics on the numbers of victims or damage to the environment.