COUNTY NEWS: Timber from cargo ship could wash up on Sussex beach

Thirty cargo packages filled with timber could wash up on a beach in Sussex after a Russian vessel shed its load in stormy conditions.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Dec 2017, 15:10 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 06:33 BST
The warning comes almost ten years after 2,000 tons of wood washed up on Worthing Beach. Picture: Sarah BookerThe warning comes almost ten years after 2,000 tons of wood washed up on Worthing Beach. Picture: Sarah Booker
The warning comes almost ten years after 2,000 tons of wood washed up on Worthing Beach. Picture: Sarah Booker

The cargo ship Mekhanik Yartsev reported to HM Coastguard the loss of 30 pieces of cargo 20 miles south of Worthing Beach at around 1am on Boxing Day during bad weather conditions.

The cargo packages are approximately three to four cubic metres each and contain timber. The packages are reported to have broken up, resulting in individual planks floating on the surface.

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