Disabled container ship adrift close to Spanish coast, Atlantic

Container ship ELBSKY suffered mechanical failure and was disabled at around 1200 UTC Oct 27 42 nm off Finisterre, Spain, and started to drift towards the Spanish coast, while en route from Rotterdam to Lisbon. As of 1430 UTC Oct 28, she was some 12 nm off Finisterre, with Spanish SAR tug DON INDA nearby. Smaller tug, probably port tug, was to respond and tow, but probably, salvage is hampered by adverse weather. ELBSKY was to be towed to Vigo.

Container Ship ELBSKY is currently located at UKC – UK Coast & Atlantic at position 42° 41′ 37.464″ N, 9° 24′ 0.839″ W as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2021-10-28 17:58 UTC (1 minute ago) Marine Traffic reported

Added the report: The wind in this area at that time blows from Southwest direction at force 6 Beaufort.

The vessel departed from ROTTERDAM WAALHAVEN, NL on 2021-10-24 17:03 LT (UTC +2) and is currently sailing at 1.4 knots with Northeast direction heading to VIGO, ES with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2021-10-29 04:00 LT (UTC +2) local time (in 7 hours, 59 minutes )

ELBSKY (IMO: 9412531) is a Container Ship that was built in 2011 (10 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Antigua Barbuda.

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