Bulk carrier VIENNA, in ballast, was waiting for orders at outer anchorage Cuxhaven/Wilhelmshaven, Germany, North sea, until Jan 29, when a severe storm moved on into the area. VIENNA understood, heaved up anchor well in advance, to meet the storm while being underway.
But even with that, the ship wasn’t able to hold on against waves and wind and asked for assistance. Tugs reportedly, responded on Jan 29-30, helping bulk carriers to prevent onshore drift. Understood the ship is holding on against storm already without assistance, as of 0440 UTC Jan 30.
Comment: Take a look at the areas infested with wind farms – they’re hampering and endangering shipping and fishing, destroying along with that, nature and wildlife, both surface and undersea.
Bulk Carrier VIENNA is currently located at UKC – North Sea at position 54° 21′ 47.3″ N, 007° 22′ 40.5″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-01-30 13:14 UTC (1 hour, 18 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from Northwest direction at force 6 Beaufort.
The vessel departed from HAMBURG, DE on 2022-01-25 01:58 LT (UTC +1) and is currently sailing at 4.2 knots with Northwest direction heading to SKAGEN, DK with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-01-31 19:00 LT (UTC +1) local time (in 1 day, 3 hours )
VIENNA (IMO: 9403205) is a Bulk Carrier that was built in 2009 (13 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Marshall Is.
Its carrying capacity is 58736 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.1 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 189.99 meters and her width is 32.26 meters.
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