In the early hours of Wednesday morning Turkish ship Und Adriyatik caught fire 11 nautical miles of the coast of Istria peninsula. The fire started in the cargo part of the ship and spread, while the crew of the ship alerted the The National Emergency Services Center at about 4:00am.
The ship's crew of 22 people and 9 passengers were evacuated to the near by Greek ship Ikarus Palace and transported to Venice where 4 members of the crew were treated for first and second degree burns.
Und Adriyatik was on its way to Trieste, Italy with 200 trucks and about 1000 tones of oil. Due to the hazardous materials on board of the ship, Und Adriyatik could not be approached yesterday, but 2 towboats were used to spray the ship and prevent the deck from melting so that the hazardous material would not spill into the Adriatic.
Und Adriyatic was built in 2001. and it is owned by Turkish company UN Ro-Ro located in Istanbul, while currently it is being leased by Bluewater Ship Management from Great Britain. The ship's owner immediately hired experts from Netherlands, who have arrived at the location and are looking into what can be done to prevent the potential ecological disaster of unseen proportions.
What is making the situation extremely difficult is the fact the Und Adriyatik was not anchored before the crew was evacuated so it is left to the mercy of winds and currents and the current is pushing the ship towards the coast of Istria.
At the scene was Croatia's minister for sea, transport and infrastructure Bozo Kalmeta who said to the press the neighboring countries Slovenia and Italy have been informed about the incident and have offered to send in help. Kalmeta was also asked to comment on what be done legally since the incident happened in the Croatia's Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (EFPZ) and he said "For this ship and for Turkey, as the country under whose flag the ship sails, the EFPZ went into force back in 2004, and in this case we have full control and jurisdiction. It is important that we have proven that we are capable of controlling the EFPZ and that we responded to the report immediately. We located the ship and then took the necessary measures.”
The latest reports claim that the burning ship is now 5 to 6 nautical miles from the National Park Brijuni islands. Croatian National Television reports that the Adriatic sea is not polluted, while the danger that the ship will sink (which would mean an ecological disaster) is very small.
Sources: Jutarnji.hr; Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Croatian National Television
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O cargueiro turco UND Adriyatik em chamas

O cargueiro turco UND Adriyatik pegou fogo na manhã do dia 6 no mar Adriático a 24 quilômetros da cidade de Rovinj, Croácia. Um SOS foi emitido as 4:04 do horário local.

A embarcação, de 193 metros, partiu da cidade turca de Istambul e dirigia-se para Trieste, Itália. Transportava 200 caminhões e nove toneladas de materiais perigosos, além de 100 a 200 toneladas de combustível.

Os 31 tripulantes foram resgatados pela embarcação grega ''Ikarus Palace'' que seguia para Veneza.

Na manhã de 7 de fevereiro, o cargueiro, ainda em chamas, estava a 8 quilômetros das ilhas Brijuni, um parque nacional. Segundo as fontes croatas a possibilidade de afundamento e desastre ecológico é pequena.