MONTEVIDEO Uruguay`s navy said on Sunday it was losing hope of finding alive any of 22 crew members missing two days after a South Korean ore carrier sank in the South Atlantic but was still continuing the search, a Navy spokesman said.
Two Filipino crew members have been rescued floating in a life raft on Saturday, but other lifeboats and rafts found in the area were empty, South Korea`s Yonhap news agency reported.
The very large ore carrier (VLOC) Stellar Daisy owned and operated by South Korea`s Polaris Shipping based in Busan was sailing from Brazil to China carrying iron ore when it sent a distress signal to the ship operator on Friday, South Korea`s Yonhap news agency reported.
"The more hours pass, the less the chances are of finding them," spokesman for the Uruguayan Navy Gaston Jaunsolo told Reuters.
(Reporting by Mat?as Larramendi; Additional reporting by Ana Mano in Sao Paulo; Writing by Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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