367-meter-long Danish
container ship named Grete Maersk with a loading capacity of 115,000
tonnes went aground off Vung Tau coast in southern Vietnam Tuesday
morning when it was on the way to Malaysia.
Investigation showed that when approaching the sea buoy number 5 around Thi Vai harbor the vessel had to unexpectedly change its travelling direction, heading for the coast, to avoid hitting a fishing boat which suddenly got in its way.
Big waves and strong winds helped the inertia to send the ship straight to the coast.
Nobody on board was hurt in the grounding. Attempts to pull off the ship which is not fully loaded, were to start at the next high tide.
It has been stuck in there so far despite efforts by local authorities to refloat it.
The ship should have anchored in Vung Tau for one day only but the incident has kept it stay longer than initially planned, which caused much delay and damage to the ship owners and customers.
Investigation showed that when approaching the sea buoy number 5 around Thi Vai harbor the vessel had to unexpectedly change its travelling direction, heading for the coast, to avoid hitting a fishing boat which suddenly got in its way.
Big waves and strong winds helped the inertia to send the ship straight to the coast.
Nobody on board was hurt in the grounding. Attempts to pull off the ship which is not fully loaded, were to start at the next high tide.
It has been stuck in there so far despite efforts by local authorities to refloat it.
The ship should have anchored in Vung Tau for one day only but the incident has kept it stay longer than initially planned, which caused much delay and damage to the ship owners and customers.