MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
organizations monitoring maritime shipping to coordinate their search efforts.The Arctic Sea set off from Finland under the Maltese flag on July 23, carrying a large load of timber, and was due to arrive at the Algerian port of Bejaia on August 4.
Some media reports said contact was lost with the ship on July 28, after masked men claiming to be police briefly seized the vessel in the Baltic Sea on July 24 tying the crew up and searching the vessel. A sailor was quoted by the media as saying the men left the ship after about 12 hours, and the Arctic Sea resumed its voyage.
However, suspicions are growing that the crew member could have been threatened and that the ship was in fact hijacked.
One of the most recent unconfirmed reports said a ship, bearing resemblance to the missing Arctic Sea vessel, has arrived in the Spanish port of San Sebastian.
"I have received an SMS, saying that an unnamed vessel arrived in the Spanish port of San Sebastian
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