8 missing after cargo ship capsizes off Scotland

LONDON - British rescue teams are searching for eight missing crew members of a cargo ship that capsized off the north of Scotland.

Two helicopters and four lifeboats are looking for survivors from carrier Cemfjord, which was carrying a load of cement from Aalborg, Denmark, to the British port of Runcorn on England's west coast. A passing ferry in the Pentland Firth off Scotland spotted the upturned hull of the Cyprus-flagged ship Saturday.

Tony Redding, a spokesman for the German shipping company that operated the vessel, said Sunday the search was ongoing for the crew. Seven were Polish and one was Filipino, the company said.

Redding said there had been no distress signal from the ship, and that the last communication with the vessel was routine.