Cosco Shipping’s 14,000 teu containership CSCL Jupiter has run aground on the Scheldt Estuary off Bath while en route from Antwerp to Hamburg this morning.
has run aground on the Scheldt Estuary off Bath while en route from Antwerp to Hamburg this morning.Initial attempts to refloat the vessel failed, and a second attempt can only be made around 8pm this evening. MarineTraffic mapping shows several tugs on the scene (below).
Local reports suggest the vessel grounded due to a technical failure and could no longer be manoeuvred correctly.
In the meantime, traffic in and out of Antwerp has been severely affected, with the Western Scheldt closed to larger ships until the grounded vessel can be moved.
Again? They also had the 19.000 TEU CSCL Indian Ocean run aground in the Elbe river by Hamburg last year……