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Shipwreck: Freighter runs aground in front of Wangerooge

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A freighter ran aground north of the East Frisian island of Wangerooge on Thursday morning. The rescue mission is underway, but encounters problems.

Wangerooge – Before the North Sea island of Wangerooge (Friesland district) is on Thursday morning. February 3, 2022, a container ship ran aground. According to the CCME, the freighter is said to be the Danish-flagged ship "Mumbai Maersk". A rescue operation has been underway since the early hours of the morning, but has faced serious problems like it

You can find out from kreiszeitung.de* what problems are hindering the rescue crew when salvaging the container ship that has run aground.

According to the Havariekommando, a first rescue mission early in the morning off the coast of Lower Saxony failed in the early hours of Thursday. The first tugboats and multi-purpose ships had already been sent to the scene of the accident around six kilometers from Wangerooge during the night. It was only at the weekend that an unloaded freighter got into trouble in a strong storm off the East Frisian coast. In the end, however, he was able to continue his journey to Denmark under his own steam. * kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

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