The MSC Talia F, a 140-meter container ship, suffered a mechanical failure on April 19 about eight nautical miles off Gran Canaria.
The vessel, carrying containers including hazardous materials under the IMDG Code, began drifting south at around two knots. With winds from the NNE at 25–30 knots and seas reaching two meters, Spanish maritime rescue agency Salvamento Marítimo dispatched the emergency tug Heroínas de Sálvora. The crew arrived at 21:50 local time and secured a tow line just before midnight.
The vessel was safely towed to the port of Las Palmas. As informed, the likely cause of the failure was a fuel pump malfunction.
UN REMOLQUE EN TIEMPO REAL contando en imágenes. El Heroínas de Sálvora remolcó el fin de semana un buque contenedor de unos 140 metros de eslora, cargado con contenedores, algunos de ellos con mercancías peligrosas. El MSC TALIA se encontraba a unas 8 mn ENE de Punta Melenara,… pic.twitter.com/TQbHIUCjX1
— SALVAMENTO MARÍTIMO (@salvamentogob) April 21, 2025
