Ship's pilot recalls last dramatic minutes on 'Rocknes'
The Norwegian pilot charged with leading the bulkship Rocknes safely out to sea ended up saving his own life only by fleeing the ship's bridge as the crippled vessel fatally flipped over. It all happened very fast.
Vermund Halhjelm was among the first to testify at a maritime inquiry Monday into why the bulker Rocknes capsized in the late afternoon of January 19.
As earlier reported, it appears the vessel's load of gravel shifted and then the ship collided with some rocks while sailing out of Bergen
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