On December 5 at about 6.15pm, about 45 miles from Rotterdam, two ships – the Baltic Ace and the Corvus J – collided in the North Sea. As a result of the collision, the Baltic Ace sank.
The Court in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, today found guilty and sentenced to death Bulgarian citizens Ivan Kostov and Georgi Bakalov, in accordance with Article 39 of the Narcotics Act.