MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Solchart...
"We are constantly trying to make contact with the ship using special equipment...as well as making periodic phone calls, but the on-board satellite communications system is, unfortunately, still switched off," Solchart managing director Viktor Matveyev said.
Germany"s Financial Times Deutschland earlier said the ship may have been located off the coast of West Africa, citing two independent sources.
According to the sources, the vessel, operated by a 15-member Russian crew and carrying timber, was traced to an area northwest of the island of Santo Antao, Cape Verde"s second-largest port, early on Friday.
Matveyev said Solchart has not yet filed an insurance claim with the brokers because the fate of the vessel is unknown.
"At this point, there is, fortunately, no need to file an insurance claim because we still do not know where the ship and its crew are located," the official said without disclosing the amount the vessel was insured for.