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A passenger ferry carrying over 260 people capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus, leaving at least eight people dead and dozens missing. Authorities have detained the vessel’s captain while search and rescue teams continue operations in challenging sea conditions.
The leader of an existing seamen's union has criticized a new breakaway union, formed by ferry captains, amidst a five-month-long wage dispute affecting small island ferry services.
The Finnish Defense Forces closed a sea area near Kotka for several hours, leaving ferry passengers and cottage residents stranded at the dock. A ferry captain described such restrictions as common during the summer.