A FLEET of eight tugs, led by two specialised salvage vessels, the Sovereign and Neuwark, have towed the Mumbai maersk free at high tide early Friday morning after running aground in the North Sea just off Germany, not far from a popular tourism island.
The Danish shipping giant has confirmed that the vessel grounded outside Bremerhaven and that all crew are reported safe, there is no pollution, and no sign of hull breach.
The entrance to the Port of Bremerhaven, one of the largest ports in Europe, is not impacted. A first attempt to refloat the ship was aborted, reports gCaptain, Ventura, California.
Mumbai Maersk was on its way from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven when it grounded during its approach to Germany's Weser River at around 23:05 local time last Wednesday night, according to Germany's maritime emergency agency Havariekommando.
Built in 2018, MV Mumbai Maersk is one of the largest ships in the world, coming in at 399 metres long and 19,630 TEU capacity. The ship is registered in Denmark.
Mumbai Maersk is reportedly carrying 7,380 containers, according to source familiar with the situation.
The incident with the Mumbai Maersk took place near the German island of Wangerooge, part of the Frisian Islands archipelago (aka Wadden Islands), worrying residents there and rekindling memories of the MSC Zoe, which lost some 342 containers overboard in heavy weather off the Netherlands, not far from the location in January 2019. That incident created an environmental disaster for the tourism-reliant island chain as containers and debris washed ashore.
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The Danish shipping giant has confirmed that the vessel grounded outside Bremerhaven and that all crew are reported safe, there is no pollution, and no sign of hull breach.
The entrance to the Port of Bremerhaven, one of the largest ports in Europe, is not impacted. A first attempt to refloat the ship was aborted, reports gCaptain, Ventura, California.
Mumbai Maersk was on its way from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven when it grounded during its approach to Germany's Weser River at around 23:05 local time last Wednesday night, according to Germany's maritime emergency agency Havariekommando.
Built in 2018, MV Mumbai Maersk is one of the largest ships in the world, coming in at 399 metres long and 19,630 TEU capacity. The ship is registered in Denmark.
Mumbai Maersk is reportedly carrying 7,380 containers, according to source familiar with the situation.
The incident with the Mumbai Maersk took place near the German island of Wangerooge, part of the Frisian Islands archipelago (aka Wadden Islands), worrying residents there and rekindling memories of the MSC Zoe, which lost some 342 containers overboard in heavy weather off the Netherlands, not far from the location in January 2019. That incident created an environmental disaster for the tourism-reliant island chain as containers and debris washed ashore.
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