Eight crew missing after cargo ship overturns off Scotland             4 January 2015



A major search operation has been launched after a vessel overturned off the north of Scotland. Eight people are reported to have been on board the Cypriot-registered Cemfjord, a cargo ship carrying cement. The upturned hull was found by a passing ferry in the Pentland Firth.




The 1984-built cement carrier "Cemfjord"