EILTANK 4

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Tanker grounded near Brakel

The 'Eiltank 4', en route from Rotterdam, suffered an engine failure on the Waal near Brakel on the evening of Jan 15, 2025, and ran aground at a groyne. There were no injuries no leaks reported. The Brakel fire brigade, which tried to get as close to the ship as possible with a fire engine, saw their attempt fail because the own vehicle got stuck in the marshy meadow. A tractor had to be used to free it from the mud. The fire boat 'De Batouwe' arrived on the scene shortly afterwards to provide assistance. On the morning of Jan 16, the container barge 'Mellizo' (MMSI: 244630034), en route from Ludwigshafen, was tasked to assist and managed to pull the tanker off shortly before 11 a.m. Rijkswaterstaat escorted the ship with the patrol boats 'RWS 71' (MMSI: 245207000) and 'RWS 43' (MMSI: 244070618), the police with the launch 'P 98' (MMSI: 244615807). Because the tanker was outside the fairway, other ship traffic was not affected much by the incident. Shipping traffic was temporarily halted during the salvage work. The ship berthed in Dordrecht after having been refloated. Report with photo: https://www.digitaalburg.com/rn02/tanker-met-motorpech-loopt-vast-op-de-waal-bij-brakel/