The Coast Guard is investigating the grounding of the 575-foot motor vessel Pollux, which ran aground 2-miles east of Gadsden Point in Hillsborough Bay, Fla., on Jan 2 2011.
Coast Guard investigates grounded freighter
Coast Guard officials say they got a call Sunday night that the Pollux was stuck two miles east of Gadsden Point. The Coast Guard is investigating the grounding of the 575-foot motor vessel Pollux, which ran aground 2-miles east of Gadsden Point in Hillsborough Bay, Fla., on Jan 2 2011. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a call at 11:15 p.m., from the Cooperative Vessel Traffic Service that the Pollux had run aground and could not move under its own power.
The Pollux, a Malta flagged freight vessel carrying a load of fertilizer, was inbound to Tampa Bay from Galveston, Texas. Members from Sector St. Petersburg are investigating the incident and are working with the vessel's crew and representatives to safely remove the vessel. Vessel traffic has not been affected, but all vessel operators are urged to use caution when transiting the area. No report of injuries or pollution has been received at this time.
Bulk carrier Pollux IMO 9379648, dwt 32017, built 2007, flag Malta, operator Blumenthal Johann Hamburg.