Cargo ship adrift off Guernsey
A 185-METRE long cargo vessel was adrift 20 miles west-northwest of Guernsey this morning.
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A 185-METRE long cargo vessel was adrift 20 miles west-northwest of Guernsey this morning.
Harbour master Peter Gill said that if a tow was not established with the Antiguan registered Federal Miramichi, which is carrying 20,000 tonnes of fertiliser, it would head towards the island.
It broke down yesterday afternoon.
LATEST NEWS - A French tug established a tow with the vessel this afternoon, and headed for Cherbourg.
More on this story in Friday's Guernsey Press.