8 missing after cargo ship capsizes off Scotland

British rescue teams searched Sunday for eight missing crew members from a cargo ship that capsized north of Scotland. Searchers on two helicopters and four lifeboats were looking for survivors from the bulk carrier Cemfjord, which was carrying cement from Aalborg, Denmark, to Runcorn on England’s west coast. A passing ferry in the Pentland Firth off Scotland spotted the upturned hull of the Cyprus-flagged ship Saturday. The hull sunk below the water Sunday and the 83-metre vessel was no longer visible, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Sunday. Tony Redding, a spokesman for the German shipping company that operated the vessel, said there had been no distress signal from the ship, and that the last communication with the vessel was routine. The company said seven of the crew were Polish and one was a Filipino. It had been carrying 2,000 tonnes of cement from Denmark to Runcorn near Liverpool.

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