Timber from cargo ship could wash up on Worthing Beach

The warning comes almost ten years after 2,000 tons of wood washed up on Worthing Beach. Picture: Sarah BookerThe warning comes almost ten years after 2,000 tons of wood washed up on Worthing Beach. Picture: Sarah Booker
The warning comes almost ten years after 2,000 tons of wood washed up on Worthing Beach. Picture: Sarah Booker
Thirty cargo packages filled with timber could wash up on Worthing Beach after a Russian vessel shed its load in stormy conditions.

The cargo ship Mekhanik Yartsev reported to HM Coastguard the loss of 30 pieces of cargo 20 miles south of Worthing Beach at around 1am on Boxing Day during bad weather conditions.