EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word:

Reefer ship Antigone Z with Russian crew (1)..........is anchored off Shetland, the North Sea,
after running into engineering problems in (2)........... water, said the British Maritime and Coastguard
Agency.
The vessel with 10 people aboard was bound (3).............Klaipeda in Lithuania and had
engineering problems in north-westerly winds of occasionally (4)...............6 to 7 with 3 metre, rough
seas. The ship suffered an 8 degree (5)................ after 30 to 40 pallets of frozen fish moved in poor
weather and the crew trying to fix a problem with the ship's fuel pump.

"We are keeping a close eye on the vessel and they have indicated that it will take about 24 hours to
(6)..........out their problems on board," Katrina Hampson, Duty Watch Manager said.