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The cargo vessel has no steering control, no rudder and is adrift while awaiting tugs.
A cargo ship is adrift this morning outside Figueira da Foz harbour, ‘at risk of sinking’. The 89-metre Eikborg, flying the Dutch flag, has lost its rudder. It is navigating The post Emergency in Figueira da Foz: cargo ship ‘rudderless’ in ‘storm of storms’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
A cargo ship is adrift off the sandbar at Figueira da Foz and risks sinking after losing its rudder, allegedly after striking the seabed due to sand accumulation, a port source said. In statements to the Lusa news agency at 10:50 this Monday, Paulo Mariano, vice-president of the port community of ...
