News / Cargo vessel under tow
THE NORWEGIAN owned cargo vessel Fenja, under tow by the emergency towing vessel Anglian Earl since Sunday night, is due to arrive in Lerwick harbour at around 9.30am on Monday morning.
Shetland Coastguard was alerted at 3am on Sunday morning that the 82 metre vessel with 11 crew on board had broken down with engine failure, around 50 miles northeast of Unst.
The Anglian Earl, anchored in Inganess Bay, in Orkney, was tasked and arrived at the scene on Sunday evening to take the Maltese registered ship under tow.
The crew had unsuccessfully tried to restart the engine. There were no oil installations in the vicinity of the drifting vessel.
A coastguard spokesman said on Monday that at a speed of between nine and ten knots the tow was making good progress.
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