Eems-Traveller

Enroute from Gijon to Rotterdam with a cargo of 2.000 tons steel plates and a crew of seven on board, the "Eems Traveller" reported engine failure to the CROSS Corsen on Dec 7, 2017, at 11.14 a.m. 18 miles off Ouessant. The ship was drifting towards the rocks of Portsall in a distance of 15 miles of the coast. While the crew tried to repair the proulsion damage, the Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic ordered the emergency tug "Abeille Bourbon" at 12.10 p.m. to sail to Ouessant and position itself near the ship. The tug had been prepositioned due to a reinforced weather alert at Camaret the day before at 3:45 p.m. by the Maritime Prefecture. At 12:50 p.m., in regard of the inability of the crew to repair the damage, the owner of the "Eems Traveler" contracted Abeilles International for towing the ship to Brest. The "Abeille Bourbon" managed to take the ship on tow at 3:42 p.m. despite difficult weather conditions with winds of seven Beaufort and a high swell. The convoy arrived in port on Dec 8 at 12.15 a.m., and the freighter was safely berthed at the Quay Armand Considère in the commercial port to carry out the necessary repairs. She left the commercial port after repairs on Jan 11 at 7.15 p.m. bound to Gorinchem, ETA Jan 14. French reports with photos: https://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/communiques-presse/remorquage-cargo-eems-traveller-derive-large-des-roches-portsall.html https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/labeille-bourbon-remorque-un-cargo-la-derive-pres-de-portsall

Enroute from Szczecin to Hamburg the "Eems Traveller" suffered an engine failure upon entering the locks of the Kiel-Canal in Kiel-Holtenau on Nov 17, 2016, at 9.30 p.m. The ship came perpendicular to the lock chamber before it could be berthed at its North quay. No damage reported. The police boarded the ship and investigated the incident. At 11.10 p.m. the vessel was allowed to continue. Following another stop at the Voith Quay in the North Port of Kiel the ship transited the Kiel Canal and dropped anchor on the South Anchorage off Brunsbüttel on Nov 18 at 11.30 a.m. It finally berthed at the oil mill in the Neuhöfer Canal on Nov 18 short before midnight. German report with photo: http://forum-schiff.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23&p=131432#p131432