Cote-D-Ivoirian-Star

The 'Cote d’Ivoirian' carrying a cargo of bananas from Dakar has struck a whale on its way into Portsmouth sparking an emergency operation. The ship anchored off the east coast of the Isle of Wight in the morning of Dec 30, 2019, after hitting the mammal which was still stuck to the bow as it approached Portsmouth The crew sent out a distress call to the Coastguard shortly after 9 a.m. The agency’s receiver of wreck and counter pollution teams have been informed and the situation was being monitored. The ship was taken to port by three tugs after being stranded off the cost of the Isle of Wight for almost seven hours. At 6.40 p.m. it berthed at the Portsmouth International Port on behalf of council-owned fruit handling specialists Portico with the whale is still attached to the vessel's bow. Reports with photos: https://www.ladbible.com/news/animals-dead-whale-stuck-on-bow-of-banana-cargo-ship-20200101 https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/hartverscheurend-vrachtschip-arriveert-met-dode-walvis-op-boeg-in-haven-portsmouth~aad3a541/