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Re: Merchant ship aground
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2008 Mar 12, 14:00 +1100
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From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2008 Mar 12, 14:00 +1100
Andrés wrote:
" The merchant Maro of 96 m LOA, Antigua and Barbuda flag, ran aground on
Thursday evening in the vicinity of Cape Higuer, 43º23.89'N 001º 47.50'W,
Cantabric Sea. Six of the crew were evacuated by helicopter.
A video is at:
http://www.diariovasco.com/20080309/al-dia-local/toneladas-gasoil-maro-trasvasaran-20080309.html "
Thursday evening in the vicinity of Cape Higuer, 43º23.89'N 001º 47.50'W,
Cantabric Sea. Six of the crew were evacuated by helicopter.
A video is at:
http://www.diariovasco.com/20080309/al-dia-local/toneladas-gasoil-maro-trasvasaran-20080309.html "
Its not the only one; the 88-metre Artemis has washed up on the French coast at Sables d'Olonne during the current wild weather affecting western Europe:
This brief article (with photo) says that an attempt to drag her off using a tug, through a channel dug into the sand to deeper water, failed after the cable snapped, and that they intend to try again on Wednesday. Weather permitting, I guess ..
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