Cargo Ship Runs Aground in Delaware
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The 32,000-ton Nord Explorer Cargo ship ran aground in the Delaware River around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning near the Riverton Yacht Club. No injuries or river pollution were reported by a spokeswoman from the U.S. Coast Guard.
This is the second such accident in Delaware waters in the past fortnight. The ship had already unloaded its shipment of salt and was empty when it ran ground during low tide.
The US Coast Guard managed to free the Nord Explorer (2009 built, 58,803 dwt) around 8am yesterday after it had run aground a few hours earlier near the Tacony Palmyra Bridge in New Jersey.
A tug boat was deployed and the ship got moving once the tide rose. No damage was reported. The handymax ship was carrying no cargo at the time.
No injuries or river pollution have been reported, but the vessel remains stuck, Coast Guard spokeswoman Cindy Oldham said. No boat restrictions on the Delaware have been put in place, and Coast Guard crews are monitoring the situation.
Two weeks ago the Meadway Shipping & Trading bulk carrier, Agia Irini, (57,017 dwt, built 2010) ran aground near Burlington on the same river.