Check out this computer animation from Genscape Vesseltracker revealing the AIS track of the 366-meter containership CSCL Jupiter when it ran marooned on Monday in the Scheldt river nearAntwerp

The video clip reveals the CSCL Jupiter left the dock at the port Antwerp at 0600 UTC (8 a.m. regional time) and also was underway under its very own power when it ran marooned concerning 50 mins later on while browsing a collection of kip down the river.

Later in the video clip, you can see the substantial initiative to refloat the vessel throughout the high trend at around 9 p.m. I counted 13 pulls were utilized to shake the CSCL Jupiter totally free The Antwerp Port Authority stated 17 pulls were associated with the procedure to refloated the ship.

Remember, below’s a check out CSCL Jupiter’s bow throughout reduced trend the other day:

As an outcome of CSCL Jupiter’s grounding, all delivery web traffic to and also from the port of Antwerp was put on hold, basically shutting Europe’s second busiest port for the day.

Monday’s ground is the most up to date entailing an ultra-large containership (ULCV) running marooned in North Europe, and also will certainly undeniably include in problems over local abilities when it pertains to reacting to significant occurrences entailing the brand-new megaships.

In February 2016, the 399-meter CSCL Indian Ocean, among the biggest containerships worldwide, was stuck for 5 days after running marooned on the Elbe River near the port ofHamburg The vessel was ultimately refloated many thanks to an uncommonly high springtime trend and also with the aid of greater than a lots tugboats.