A bulk carrier, running behind schedule, encountered grounding issues while attempting to enter a tidally constrained harbour. The first grounding occurred due to the ebb stream pushing the ship off its approach track. After being freed with stern power, a second grounding took place during a second approach. The ship had to wait for the next high tide to float off and faced a delay of 12.5 hours. Although undamaged, the bulk carrier received a detention notice during...
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