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Ship suffered propulsion trouble and diverted to Glückstadt

The 'Cellus' had to berth in the outer port of Glückstadt on Jan 17, 2025. The ship was en route from Flushing to Sweden, when strange noises and vibrations were remarked in the engine on Jan 16, and the ship diverted to the emergency port. Vlissingen en rout to Sweden diverted to the port due to vibrations and strange noises. Not one day later the ship reached the port. Investigations showed that the gear rings on the gearbox between the main engine and the propeller had broken. The gear rings were removed and sent to Holland. It will take ten weeks to produce spar parts, the assembly will take another two weeks. Some of the 10 crew members were meanwhile employed elsewhere. The repair will cost about 250,000 euros. The loss of the layover time was estimated to be around 450,000 euros. The ship is used in the cellulose transport. Report with photo: https://www.shz.de/lokales/glueckstadt/artikel/schiff-cellus-musste-glueckstadt-als-nothafen-ansteuern-48314435

Leak in main engine

The 'Cellus', en route from Sunderland to Södra Monsteras with 10 crew members on board, suffered a small leak on its main engine in position 54 44 04 N, 000 46 49 W, about 13.5 miles from Tees harbour entrance, on Jan 14 at 12.40 p.m. Thecrew of the unloaded vessel completed repair works and was under way again to its destination at 1.30 p.m. with an ETA as of Jan 17.