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Kyiv, August 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian sailors from the MSC Nikita container vessel that collided with another ship off the Netherlands' coast have been brought to the port of Hoek van Holland.

Twenty-five Ukrainians were aboard the MSC Nikita,
the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service reported. They got away
unscathed.

As reported, the MSC Nikita and the Nirint Pride
collided 41 miles off the Hoek of Holland seaport on August 30. The
hull of the Nikita was ripped close to the engine room, and the Nirint
Pride’s bow was damaged with a subsequent fire.