Bulgarian bulk carrier and Maersk tanker pushed into windfarms by storm Eunice

Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko

Feb 19, 2022 at 08:36.

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Bulk carrier DIAMOND SKY, anchored at Vandelaar Anchorage , North sea, west of Zeebrugge, dragged anchor in Eunice storm in the afternoon Feb 18, and drifted through windfarm mine fields, situated west of Vlissingen, Netherlands – Belgium offshore.

By some miracle, the ship didn’t collided with windmills, and later returned to anchorage, understood under own power. 

Product tanker MAERSK NIMBUS arrived at Vandelaar Anchorage in the morning Feb 18, waiting to be allowed to dock at port of destination Antwerp. She drifted also in the afternoon Feb 18 into windfarm, and managed to anchor about a cable off a bloody C-power windmill. As of 0812 UTC Feb 19, she was still at anchor, stuck between windmills, offshore tug ALP FORWARD (IMO 9367516) trying to take tanker out of this windmills maze.

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