{"id":15523,"date":"2026-05-06T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/cargo-ship-sinks-off-andros-all-crew-safe-coast-guard-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:02:30","slug":"cargo-ship-sinks-off-andros-all-crew-safe-coast-guard-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/cargo-ship-sinks-off-andros-all-crew-safe-coast-guard-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo ship sinks off Andros, all crew safe, Coast Guard says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1302940\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260506-WA0002-1-320x200.jpeg?v=1778050171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260506-WA0002-1.jpeg?v=1778050171\" alt=\"Cargo ship sinks off Andros, all crew safe, Coast Guard says\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260506-WA0002-1-960x600.jpeg?v=1778050172\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Greece has \u200brescued \u200ball nine members of the crew of a cargo ship \u200cthat ran aground and sank off the \u2060island of Andros early on Wednesday, the country\u2019s \u200cCoast Guard said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cfreighter had sailed off Albania with hundreds of metric tons of soda on \u200bboard and was bound for Ukraine when it hit rocks off the island \u2060of Andros and sank, an official from the Greek \u200bCoast Guard told Reuters on condition of anonymity because they were not \u200bauthorized to speak to \u200cthe media.<\/p>\n<p>Two crew members were rescued from the sea and seven more \u2060from a rocky area on Andros, the official said, adding that the sailors had \u2060been taken to the island\u2019s clinic.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately \u200bclear what caused the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The captain of the ship said there were no other crew members \u200cmissing, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>There were no visible signs of pollution \u200cfrom the ship but the coast guard \u2060will deploy a \u200csea barrier preemptively, \u200bthe Coast Guard official said. 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