MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - A Georgian coast
guard vessel has detained a cargo ship with a crew of 14
Russians on board, the Sovfracht maritime bulletin said on
Tuesday.
The V. Uspensky ship was bound for the port of Azov, on
the Don River in south Russia's Rostov Region, from a Turkish
port when a group of 13 armed Georgian coast guards boarded it
late on Monday. The coast guards also confiscated the vessel's
documentation and the sailors' passports.
The cargo ship has now been taken to the Georgian port of
Batumi. Preliminary reports say it was detained over
navigational violations. The ship was sailing under the
Cambodian flag.
The V. Uspensky, with a deadweight of 5,379 metric tons,
is operated by the Volgo-Don Shipping company, based in
Rostov-on-Don.
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