Huge container ship runs aground in The Solent




Tugs are standing by in The Solent to assist the APL Vanda which has run aground off Cowes - initial reports suggest it's on the notorious Bramble Bank. 


Tugs on standby as massive container ship runs aground on Bramble Bank in The Solent

A giant container ship has run aground on the notorious Bramble Bank in The Solent. The Apl Vanda is a Singapore-registered container ship that is nearly 370 metres long and 51 metres wide, it's tonnage is put at at more than 150,000. It's thought to have run aground while trying to turn across the busy waterway between Cowes, Isle of Wight and Southampton Water. Tugs are on standby to try and help the ship get afloat at high tide. 
The ship was launched in 2013 and is believed to have sailed to Southampton from France.

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-02-13/tugs-on-standby-as-massive-container-ship-runs-aground-on-bramble-bank-in-the-solent/

Meanwhile there is now a queue of four other inbound vessels off Spithead grinding to a halt, plus one in Western Solent. Expected later tonight are a good number of others.

And CMA CGM SAMSON unable to keep scheduled midnight departure for Rotterdam. 


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APL Vanda now free from Bramble Bank.


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  1. starting to sound like these mega vessels were not such a good idea !!!!!

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