A major search effort has resumed in a bid to find the missing crew of an overturned cargo ship north of Scotland.
Two helicopters, four lifeboats and five coastguard rescue teams are looking for the eight people who were on the Cypriot-registered Cemfjord.
A spokeswoman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said "every effort" was being made to find them.
The search was sparked after the crew of a passenger ferry raised the alarm when they spotted the upturned hull of the vessel in the Pentland Firth, north of Scotland.
German shipping company Brise of Hamburg confirmed there were eight people on the ship, seven Poles and one Filipino, adding there had been no distress call.
The 83-metre bulk cement carrier had been bound for Runcorn, Cheshire, on the west coast of the UK.
The last confirmed sighting of the ship was on Friday. It's understood the alarm was raised by the crew of the ferry Hrossey on Saturday afternoon.
Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency said no survivors have been reported in the immediate vicinity of the ship.
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