Salvage Tow Begins for Maersk Ship After Three Weeks Adrift in the Atlantic

Salvage Tow Begins for Maersk Ship After Three Weeks Adrift in the Atlantic

Maersk is confirming that an ocean-going salvage tug reached the disabled containership Maersk Sana on May 16 and that a salvage tow is commencing. The 102,000 dwt containership (8,450 TEU) was reported by Maersk to be “safely adrift at sea” near Bermuda since being disabled on April 28. In a brief statement, a company spokesperson said that a “tugboat arrived at the location of the Sana and is in the process of towing her to a port of refuge in…

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