Unexpectedly change of travelling direction to avoid hitting a fishing boat
A 367-meter-long Danish container ship named Grete Maersk with a loading capacity of 115,000 tonnes went aground off Vung Tau coast in southern Vietnam Tuesday morning when it was on the way to Malaysia.
Investigation showed that when approaching the sea buoy number 5 around Thi Vai harbor the vessel had to unexpectedly change its travelling direction, heading for the coast, to avoid hitting a fishing boat which suddenly got in its way.
Big waves and strong winds helped the inertia to send the ship straight to the coast.
It has been stuck in there so far despite efforts by local authorities to refloat it.
The ship should have anchored in Vung Tau for one day only but the incident has kept it stay longer than initially planned, which caused much delay and damage to the ship owners and customers
Source: Tuoi Tre
