Overview
- The missing person is a 29-year-old seaman last seen several hours before an alarm was raised around 06:00.
- Rescue coordination by MRCC Bremen includes six DGzRS units, a pilot boat, a water police boat, a tug, and a naval search-and-rescue helicopter.
- Around 07:00, the DGzRS cruiser Anneliese Kramer recovered a flashing life ring clearly linked to the Songa Pearl.
- Following the discovery, the search concentrated between Cuxhaven-Groden and Otterndorf and later shifted northwest due to tides and currents.
- Water temperature in the area is about 1°C, the Maltese-flagged tanker was sailing from Antwerp to Danzig, and the circumstances of the disappearance remain unknown.