A navigation misjudgement was the likely cause of the grounding of the very large container ship Mumbai Maersk (IMO 9780471) off the German island of Wangerooge earlier this month, an investigation by Waterways Police units in Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven has found. The 20,568 teu, 399-metre vessel ran aground while approaching the Weser estuary on February…
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Author: Capt. John