VIDEO: CMA CGM Ship Runs Aground In Netherlands

On January 13, a CMA CGM containership on its way to Hamburg from Antwerp ran aground. The incident happened in Dutch waters, in Kruiningen.

The ship in question was a 5000 TEU ship named CMA CGM Barracuda which ran aground around 1 am local time. The vessel was going downstream at that time.

Four hours later, the ship was escorted by a group of tugs downstream around 5 am local time and was later refloated after a few hours.

Via @Maritime_Bullet VoytenkoNewsJanuary 13, 2023

Container ship CMA CGM BARRACUDA ran aground in front of Kruiningen on Western Scheldt around 0100 UTC Jan 13, while proceeding downstream to the sea, en route from from Antwerp to Hamburg.. https://t.co/v3XGRzt9yH pic.twitter.com/BYgNYzJba6

— ⚓️MarioDeFenza⚓️ (@MarioDeFenza) January 13, 2023

The reason for grounding hasn’t been found and is being investigated.

References: Port Technology, Container News

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