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Series of storm delays towage

The 'Sea Lord', towing the hull of the new mine countermeasures vessel 'Scheveningen', has been stuck in the Mediterranean Sea north of Morocco for several days. The ships have been on their way from Romania to France for more than a month for the completion of the newbuilding. The delay has been caused by the bad weather on the Atlantic Ocean and in the Bay of Biscay. It is currently quite stormy on the Atlantic Ocean. The storm that was mainly affecting Ireland, reached wind gusts of up to 183 kilometres per hour. Wave heights of more than 11 metres (sea state 8) were recorded on the morning of Jan 24, 2025, southwest of Ireland, and wave heights of 4 to 5 meters (sea state 6) were measured on the morning on the route from the Strait of Gibraltar to Concarneau. For the 'Sea Lord' that was reason enough to wait in the Alboran Sea, the western part of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Ceuta and close to the Strait of Gibraltar. She entered the port of Malaga on Jan 25. A new storm was expected on Jan 26, which will also affect Ireland and the United Kingdom. Wave heights of more than 10 metres (sea state 8) were forecast for Jan 27 in the Bay of Biscay southwest of Brittany and even more than 13 metres southwest of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean. A third front will follow on Jan 29 with a high sea state as a result, but this time the peaks are expected off the coast of Portugal. That too is on the route to Brittany and on the evening the waves will reach heights of more than 10 meters. On Jan 31 the sea seems to calm down again. Report with photos: https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Storm-houdt-sleepboot-met-romp-mijnenbestrijdingsvaartuig-Scheveningen-langer-in-Middellandse-Zee-240125.html