Update: gCaptain is informed the Ocean Spirit 1 has actually been mirrored with the aid of Sea Tow vessels.

Earlier: The UNITED STATE Coast Guard is reacting Tuesday to the grounding of the 223-foot Togo- flagged freight ship Ocean Spirit I simply off the entry of the Charlotte Amalie Harbor East Gregory Channel inSt Thomas, UNITED STATE Virgin Islands.

Coast Guard aquatic casualty private investigators get on scene exploring the reason for the grounding, there are no indicators of distress or oil dripping from the vessel currently. The East Gregory Channel entry continues to be open up to maritime website traffic.

The Coast Guard states the staff of the Ocean Spirit I finished the seeming of the vessel’s gas as well as ballast containers while Sea Tow-St Thomas staffs carried out an undersea damage control of the vessel’s hull.

Meanwhile, authorities are dealing with the master as well as proprietor of the Ocean Spirit I as well as a salvage business to decrease any kind of prospective ecological influence or damages to the vessel’s hull throughout refloating as well as elimination procedures.

Coast Guard watchstanders in Sector San Juan where at first spoken to bySt Thomas Harbor pilots at roughly 5 a.m. Tuesday, that reported the case.