Muros

The 'Muros', enroute from Aveiro to Avilés, on Jan 23, 2019, at 6.45 a.m. with a crew of nine aboard, started dragging its anchor due to strong NW winds with waves of five to seven meters height in the Ría de Viveiro estuary. The engine initially did not start, and the unloaded ship could not maintain its position and was threatened to drift on rocks of the coast of A Mariña. Salvamento Marítimo at 7.30 a.m. mobilized the "SAR Gavia" and "Salvamar Alioth" to assist. The tug "Sertosa Treinta" (IMO: 9238014), which was closest to the "Muros", managed to take the drifting vessel in tow. Also, the helicopter 'Pesca 2' of the Xunta de Galicia was called in case its intervention was necessary. Finally, the Maritime Captaincy of Burela decided that the ship was to be taken to the port of Celeiro, in Viveiro, where it safely docked at 10.45 a.m. The Municipal Civil Protection Service, the Local Police and the National Police were notified. Spanish report with video: https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/amarina/viveiro/2019/01/23/remolcado-celeiro-mercante-arrastraba-temporal-ria-viveiro/00031548234075582688741.htm

The "Muros" on Dec 29 at 11 p.m. left the dry dock at the Eemhaven, where she had been since Dec 13 and moored at the buoys in the Waal Port, re-loading her cargo. On Dec 30 at 3.15 p.m. she was underway towards the Hook of Holland on passage to her original destination of Rochefort, ETA Jan 1, 2017.

The "Muros" was refloated in the early morning of Dec 9 by the tug "RT Adriaan". She was then taken to an anchorage off the coast of Sherringham before being towed to Rotterdam. She arrived there on Dec 11 at 11.30 p.m. and berthed at the Uniport Multipurpose Terminal Waalhaven North in the morning of Dec 12, shifting to the Damen Shiprepair Yard in Rotterdam on Dec 14 at 10 a.m.