Container ship blocked Maas fairway near Spijkenisserbrug, Oude Maas, Netherlands

Container ship WEC VAN RIJN ran aground on a sandbank in Oude Maas river, while sailing upstream to Moerdijk, Netherlands, short of Spijkenisserbrug Bridge, at 0250 UTC May 12. The ship blocked fairway, she was refloated with tugs assistance at around 0630 UTC, interrupted her voyage and was taken, instead of Moerdijk, to Matrans Rotterdam Terminal where she was docked at around 0800 UTC same day.

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