<p>A cargo ship with 11 crew on board went missing today in Russia's Far East in stormy conditions that were making rescue operations difficult, an emergency ministry spokeswoman said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The "Amurskoye" was travelling to the Shantar Islands in the icy Okhotsk Sea, which lies east of Russia's Khabarovsk region and north of Japan's Hokkaido island.<br /><br />The Khabarovsk emergency ministry department received a signal for help at around 2:50 pm , Yelena Yeremenko, a spokeswoman for the ministry, told AFP.<br /><br />The dry cargo ship had 11 crew members on board. "Right now the weather conditions are bad, and small boats cannot work in the area," she said.<br /><br />A tanker was searching for the boat, but visibility was too poor for helicopters, she added.<br />Life News website said the ship was carrying ore.<br /><br />The Okhotsk Sea is extremely cold during the winter months. Last December only 14 people were rescued out of a total of 67 workers on an oil platform which capsized during a storm, with the rest found dead from exposure or missing</p>
<p>A cargo ship with 11 crew on board went missing today in Russia's Far East in stormy conditions that were making rescue operations difficult, an emergency ministry spokeswoman said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The "Amurskoye" was travelling to the Shantar Islands in the icy Okhotsk Sea, which lies east of Russia's Khabarovsk region and north of Japan's Hokkaido island.<br /><br />The Khabarovsk emergency ministry department received a signal for help at around 2:50 pm , Yelena Yeremenko, a spokeswoman for the ministry, told AFP.<br /><br />The dry cargo ship had 11 crew members on board. "Right now the weather conditions are bad, and small boats cannot work in the area," she said.<br /><br />A tanker was searching for the boat, but visibility was too poor for helicopters, she added.<br />Life News website said the ship was carrying ore.<br /><br />The Okhotsk Sea is extremely cold during the winter months. Last December only 14 people were rescued out of a total of 67 workers on an oil platform which capsized during a storm, with the rest found dead from exposure or missing</p>