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Cargo ship runs aground off Andros island, all rescued

Cargo ship runs aground off Andros island, all rescued

The total of the 22 crewmen on board the Cyprus-flagged cargo ship "GOODFAITH", which ran aground off the north coasts of Andros island early on Wednesday (11/02/2015) due to adverse weather conditions, have been rescued.

The first 18 people were rescued earlier with the assistance of two "Super Puma" helicopters and the remaining four with the help of Special Unit for disasters EMAK.

Eight of them were transferred to Elefsis and the rest of them to Andros.

The freighter, which was empty of cargo, was heading from the Greek port of Elefsis to Odessa, Ukraine.