Argo-Ii

The "Fosenbulk" is now running on her own engine and was enroute to Rissa to deliver the cargo. The engine had conked out on Mar 12. The Coast Guard vessels "Njord" and "Harstad" had assisted, and in heavy seas and strong winds three crew members of the "Harstad" as well as the mate of the "Fosenbulk" boarded the abandoned ship in a skiff in spite of the seas which had a height of 7-8 meters. The fastened a rope so that the ship could be pulled to safety by the "Harstad". The tow went smoothlyin spite of the bad weather. While the "Fosenbulk" was hauled back into the Namsenfjord, engineers from the Coast Guard and the "Fosenbulk" were working on engine repairs and finally got itstarted. They eventually found out that the engine had shut itself down when the propeller got out of the water in the high waves. When the cause was discovered the engineers quickly were able to start the engine. Norwegian report with photo and video: http://www.nrk.no/trondelag/derfor-havarerte-fosenbulk-1.11602668

The "Fosenbulk" was towed to the safety of calmer waters by the Coastguard vessel "Harstad" after three of its crew and the helmsman of the cargo ship had gone on board and assisted to establish a towing connection to the „Harstad“. At 7.30 p.m. it had pulled the vessel 3-4 miles northward and headed for the Namsen Fjord where the Norwegian tug „TB Squalus“ (IMO:6718219) took over in the night of Mar 13. On Mar the ship was off the port of Sandvisberget. Norwegian reports with photos: http://www.smp.no/ntb/innenriks/article9307787.ece http://www.fosna-folket.no/nyheter/article9312247.ece

On Mar 12 at 6 p.m. the Coast Guard vessel "Harstad" has started to tow the "Fosenbulk" to Namsos after three officers and the 1st officer of the cargo ship had boarded the ship. Also the tug "TB Squalus" was assisting, and everything seemed to be going well. The ship had come from Namsos after having loaded foundry sand and was heading south towards Rissa when it lost all power at Buholmråsa between North and South Trøndelag . The anchors had kept the ship meters from the nearest reefs. Also the Coast guard vessels "Njord" and "Harstad" assisted in the rescue operation. Norwegian reports with photos and videos: http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/03/12/nyheter/harald_v/sea_king/redningshelikopter/flatanger/32270645/ http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Nyhet/article7223591.ece http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2014/03/12/kystvakten-sleper-skip-som-var-i-havsnoed