A Russian-registered cargo ship has lost 1,500 metric tons of timber during a storm off the south coast of England, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said on Monday.

The agency said the Sinegorsk, traveling to the Egyptian port of Alexandria, was caught in rough waters some 14 miles (22 kilometers) off Newhaven on Monday morning and the timber was knocked off its deck.

None of the 25-member crew was injured. After the accident the vessel headed for the English port city of Portsmouth, the agency said.

The accident comes a year after 2,000 tons of timber was washed up along the coast of East Sussex in southern England.
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