Swedish Maritime Administration
MARCH 10, 2017– The 3,171 dwt Netherlands- flagged basic freight ship Skagern has actually run grounded in the Gota River southwest of the secure Trollh ättan, Sweden.
The Swedish Maritime Administration records that the grounding happened at 07:25 on Thursday early morning complying with technological troubles aboard.
Eight individuals got on board as well as no injuries are reported. The ship is filled with lumber/ timber items as well as got on its means to Hull in the U.K. There are no hazardous items aboard.
The ship has actually currently been safeguarded to the coast as well as is taken into consideration secure.
There is a percentage of water in a little ballast storage tank in the bow. Divers examined the hull on Thursday as well as situated a little fracture which is possibly the root cause of the leakage in the ballast storage tank.
Local authorities boarded the vessel to perform regular soberness examinations as well as at this phase do not presume any type of incorrect doing.
Salvage initiatives are tentatively readied to start Saturday, yet the ship will certainly need to be cleared of freight before being relocated.
The network is currently briefly near to web traffic. The Swedish Maritime Administration states the web traffic blockage will certainly last for a week from Friday early morning as well as had actually been set up previously to enable civil operate in Gothenburg.
