BERLIN (Reuters) – Container ship Mumbai Maersk has run aground off the German island of Wangerooge in the North Sea, Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said on Thursday.
The Denmark-flagged ship was on its way from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to the north-western German port city of Bremerhaven when it ran aground on late Wednesday evening, the command said in a statement.
It added it had called two multi-purpose vessels and five tugs to the scene of the accident, but a first attempt to tow the 400-metre vessel into deeper water on Thursday morning was unsuccessful.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray; Editing by Zuzanna Szymanska)
