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Cargo ship underway as ghost ship

The Dutch maritime police was investigating an incident with the 'Leiria' in the night of Nov 24, 2019, on the North Sea which sailed an unusual route, did not respond to calls from the Coastguard nor to light and signal signals from passing ships. The KNRM team from IJmuiden and the lifeboat 'Donator' received a GMDSS alert as well as an SAR helicopter. Upon arrival of the the helicopter, after a while there wasa movement on board and contact could finally be made with the ship, after which both lifeboats could be stood down at 4.30 a.m. Without intervention from the Coast Guard this could have turned out very different. The Coast Guard is investigating what happened and why it was so difficult to get in touch with the ship which was coming from Riga and berthed in Kingston-upon-Hull on Nov 27 at 6.15 a.m. Dutch report with photos: https://nieuwsbladijmuiden.nl/lokaal/overig/onderzoek-naar-spookschip-op-noordzee-663324