Huge container ship is deadlocked off German Wadden Island Wangerooge

Position of the Mumbai Maersk according to MarineTraffic.com

The container ship Mumbai Maersk ran aground off the coast of the German Wadden island of Wangerooge on Wednesday night. Five tugs try to free the 399 meter long ship. A first attempt failed.

A second attempt will follow on Thursday at noon, reports radio and te station NDR . The ship was on its way from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven. When it ran aground at the Weser estuary, it had a draft of 13 metres. The four-year-old ship sails under the Danish flag.

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