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Monday, October 7, 2024 @ 1342 		GOTLAND (2022- General cargo ship 88.97m overall of Karl Meyer Shipping International GmbH & Co. KG Stader Str. 55-63, 21737 Wischhafen / managed by Wilhelm E.F. Schmid, Husum) Own Page

Ship runs aground at Kyle Rhea : near Isle of Skye in the Western Isles of Scotland, UK
Ship's locationKyle Rhea : near Isle of Skye in the Western Isles of Scotland, UKPort of RegistryStade (Germany)
Arrived fromWolgast (Germany)Net Tonnage1,170
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland, UK)Gross Tonnage2,281

 

From BBC Scotland online news 7 October 2024

 

Ship runs aground in narrow stretch of sea near Skye

 

A red, blue and white coloured cargo ship close to shore with a lifeboat positioned behind it. There are white walled houses on the opposite shore.Brian McGlennon

The ship ran aground in Kyle Rhea in the early hours

  • 7 October 2024, 13:42 BST
Updated 7 hours ago

A cargo ship has run aground in a narrow stretch of sea separating Skye and the Highland mainland.

HM Coastguard was alerted at 01:00 to the incident in Kyle Rhea and lifeboats were launched from Kyle and Portree. A coastguard rescue team was also sent.

The 88m-long ship was later refloated and is now anchored in Glenelg Bay. No-one was injured.

A coastguard tug and a commercial tug have been placed on stand-by at the scene.

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