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.
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 )
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