Rescuers call off search as 18 feared dead

RESCUERS called off a search yesterday for 15 missing Filipino crew members of a freighter that capsized a day earlier in a shallow, icy Norwegian inlet, bringing the toll of those feared dead to 18.

Three bodies were found after the MS Rocknes overturned on Monday, and 12 crew members were rescued.

"The rescue is called off. There is no hope of finding survivors," rescue leader Trygve Sveen said. He doubted any survivors would be found inside the overturned ship.