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Vessel currently on the Blocks for Iceland, though it was damaged during last years Earthquake in Chile(Being built there by ASMAR) Another RollS Royce type..
100 Tonne Bollard pull though.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
It seems she was entering the harbour to recover 2 ferries that had been seized by the bank. She is a heavy lift vessel, often used in the offshore wind farm industry to transfer towers.
Odd that she was unable to collect the ferries....
Cargo ship runs aground off Connemara
The owners of a 7,000-ton cargo ship which ran aground at Casla Bay in Connemara, Co Galway, are trying to establish it can be refloated later today.
The German-owned ship, with 14 crew on board, arrived yesterday and was due to pick up two small passenger ferries at Rossaveal Harbour.
The two boats had been repossessed by a bank and were sold in Galway last month.
The 'Pantanal', which is registered in Newfoundland, Canada, ran aground in heavy seas at around 6am this morning.
Efforts will be made to raise the boat when high tide comes at 5pm.
There are no reports of any oil spillage at the moment, but the Irish Coast Guard is monitoring the situation
According to the Irish Times website, she dragged her anchor in heavy seas early this morning. Presumably she was waiting for daylight and/or high tide, before entering the port to pick up the ferries.
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