Kota Lagu aground at the Wetern Schelde near Antwerp.

[Marie-Anne]

This afternoon at 2 o'clock european time the Kota Lagu has been aground at the Western Schelde.
At high tide she has run aground near Ossenisse leaving the port of Antwerp.
The tugs Multratu 9, Multratug 5 and Gent are there to keep her save and trying to get her back on track again. She is carying containers with toxic content.
Hopefully she can continue her journey soon.

Greetz,
Marie-Anne  8-)

[Henk Guddee]

Hi Lampje, I was making pics at Terneuzen wondering why all those tugs and a policeboat were moving fast out of Teneuzen port in the Antwerp direction.
I immediately followed myself and added a few pics (casualties folder).
All the best
Henk

[Kelvin Davies]

Oh dear! They seem to have made a proper job of it as the ship is still aground at 17:00 GMT.
Looking at AIS live, it seems she is stuck on the west bank of the channel. The 3 tugs are astern of the ship so perhaps they are getting ready for a big pull?

[Henk Guddee]

All OK now - she is being towed to Flushing at the moment and they all just passed Terneuzen.

[Timsen]

Lots of photos:
http://www.tugspotters.com/dev/?itemid=9247#more