Cargo ships collide near the port of Thessaloniki.   -   17 Oct. 2007

Two cargo ships collided near the port of Thessaloniki at noon on Wednesday, leaving one captain missing with his sunk vessel.

The motorship Dubai Guardian (25,939 gt) collided with the Diamond 1 (1,477 gt) motorship at 1150 (0850GMT) and the latter sank.

The captan of the Diamond 1 is still missing, while all 6 other crew members were picked up by a rescue ship.

The Thessaloniki Port Authority has launched an investigation into the causes of the collision.

It was the 2nd accident near Thessaloniki in less than a week. Last Friday, a ferry collided with a fishing boat 23 km off the coast. All the 143 passengers of the ferry and the 6 fishermen were unharmed.