Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Crewmember disappears from container ship off Alabama coast

The Coast Guard continues the search for a Phillipine crewmember who is thought to have gone overboard from a container ship Monday morning as the vessel was approaching Mobile.

Lt. Timothy Williams of the Coast Guard said the crewmember, aboard the Singapore-flagged container ship MSC Tokyo, was reported missing about 2:30 a.m. Monday. The man vanished after he went on deck to recover a ladder used to help a pilot come on board to direct the ship into port.

The ladder and a shoe were found on deck.

For more of the Times-Picayune story: nola.com

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