It is about the Tanker Eva Schulte, which sails under the flag of Singapore. The ship transports fuel oil. When a ship gets to drift, it means that it no longer sails according to the planned route, but is taken by the current or the wind.
According to a spokesperson, the tanker has a problem with the main engine. The crew is still on board. “It is up to the captain to determine whether it is safe to stay on board and he determines whether an evacuation is needed. For the time being, it has not been asked for that.”
Emergency aid in the neighborhood
There are two helicopters from the Coast Guard Preventive Standby near the location, the spokesperson told NH. Emergency assistant Multraship Protector also lay down next to the tanker. “It is always preventive in the vicinity of the wind farm in connection with these kinds of situations.”
His lifeboats from KNRM IJmuiden and Scheveningen were also alerted, which, according to the spokesperson, were still on the way around 9.30 pm.
The emergency aid leaning tried around 10.30 pm to make a towing connection with the tanker with the help of the lifeboat of the KNRM. The weather conditions make this difficult, the coast guard says. There is wind force 8 and there are waves about five meters high.
Storm more risky
Code yellow has been issued due to storm Amy Due to the KNMI, the boisterous weather conditions, according to the spokesperson of the Coast Guard, the situation makes ‘a lot more risky’.
“The question is whether the anchor keeps it. The tanker is only one and a half miles from the wind farm, that is why the coast guard has scaled up,” said the spokesperson.