The vessel was en route from Rijeka, Croatia, toGioia Tauro, Italy. In Gioia Taura the damage to the vesselwill be assessed andpotential contingencyplans for the cargo be carried out.
He was born there, in the Adriatic seaport of Rijeka (now in Croatia), and took Italian nationality when the town was annexed by Mussolini's Italy in 1924 and renamed Fiume.