As the crew members told the publication, one sailor disappeared as a result of the incident, currently his search is underway.
The last time the location of the vessel, which is currently flying under the Georgian flag, was recorded near the port of Naudibou in the north-west of Mauritania.
In late May, a fire occurred on a ship at the Kuznitsa na Rybalsky shipyard in Kiev, which previously belonged to the ex-president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko.