Advantages: Looking for information about this vessel. Does anyone have experience with this ship? Was the crew alright?
Disadvantages: No personal experience yet, just gathering info.
Two ice breakers were deployed to the "Patris" which was still frozen in ice on Dec 19. The crew of 11 was safe on board. The ship got stuck enroute from Astrakhan to Enzeli.
The "Patris" ran aground on the Volga–Caspian Sea Canal at km mark 50.5 on Dec 15, 2016, at 09.45 a.m. while passing a one-way fairway leg in floating ice. The vessel, being loaded with 2800 tons of c...