Aztec Maiden grouded Dutch coast

[Stan Muller]

Aztec Maiden dragged her anchors and grounded off Wijk aan Zee Netherlands.
21 crew stay aboard

[Fred Vloo]

Haha,

Are you watching the RTL news?

[Stan Muller]

No, reading the papers on Internet. What elso to do in the office?

[Fred Vloo]

Oh and Stan its Wijk aan Zee.

[Stan Muller]

dropped the "Kat"

[Fred Vloo]

Strange, several tugs have been on the scene, they have all left but the Evolie Black and some Sar boats. Does the captain think he can simply sail away at hightide?

[Fred Vloo]

Svitzer will make a first attempt to free her starting at noon.

[victor radio74]

LOCALIZATODO.COM has the animated track  http://www.localizatodo.com/mapa/ search by imo 8408753

[cesarloque]

As seen in the link, three ships come to their aid before and fail to stop aground

http://www.localizatodo.com/mapa/?zoom=13&latitud=52.50660&longitud=4.566699&pais=es&tipo=3&presenta=0&zlat=52.5&zlng=4.5667&zcalc=1&zhora=4&zminu=0&ztalc=180&zplay=0&year=2012&mes=1&dia=20&mmsi=548739000

[Fred Vloo]

Due to high waves the tugs could not get close enough.
They have given her extra ballast, so she can't move further ashore.
They will try again coming night at 00:45 UTC with a special tug that can get closer to the ship despite the waves.

Fred

[Fred Vloo]

16:50 Local time, she is moving.
Will she get over the next sandbank

Cheers Fred

[Steve Geronazzo]

Hi Fred,

I saw it move live on the webcam!

Steve

[Fergal Clohessy]

http://www.brabantsdagblad.nl/algemeen/bdbinnenland/10311998/Schip-Aztec-Maiden-vlotgetrokken.ece

sounds like success!

[Fred Vloo]

Hi Fred,

I saw it move live on the webcam!

Steve

So did I Steve ;-)

Cheers Fred