General cargo vessel Wilson Newport ran aground at around 04:30 UTC Oct 21 2012 on a coast of Gios Georgios, Greece, Adriatic sea, in position 37 28N 023 56E.
Norway freighter Wilson Newport hard aground, Aegean sea Port Authority Lavrio grounding incident of the P / C «WILSON NEWPORT »Maltese flag, to coast, on the island of St. George, with ten (10) foreign crew. Immediately rushed to the spot patrol boat Coast Guard-EL.AKT, noting that the ship in question was hit with the bow perpendicular to the coast where ithike Fixed assets. The «WILSON NEWPORT »10.19.2012 had sailed from the port GEBZE Turkey bound for Antwerp laden with soda. From the grounding, there were no injuries and have not been found so far pollution of the marine environment, while at the Master's statement there is no inflow. From the Central Port of Lavrion doing the questioning, denied continuation of the voyage of the P / C. General cargo vessel Wilson Newport ran aground at around 04:30 UTC Oct 21 2012 on a coast of Gios Georgios, Greece, Adriatic sea, in position 37 28N 023 56E. Vessel’s track shows vessel sailed straight to the island keeping the same course for more than 2 hours, most probably the watch fell asleep. 10 crew is all Russian. Vessel is in the same position as of morning Oct 22, anti-pollution vessel Aegis 1 and tug Megas Alexandros standing by. No pollution and no water ingress was reported by Greece Coast Guard, but vessel seems to be hard aground. Wilson Newport was en route from Gemlik Turkey to Antwerp. General cargo vessel Wilson Newport IMO 9430985, dwt 8321, built 2011, flag Malta, manager WILSON EUROCARRIERS AS, Norway.