The ship “Tanais” stuck in the Vistula River on the Vistula Lake side cannot sail to its destination. There was a lock failure due to the storm. A trapped ship is a short-range transport unit. It was supposed to fly to Germany with cargo on Monday.
The return on Sunday caused many problems in Polish ports. The disaster did not spare the infrastructure of the excavation, which in theory should be water resistant.
The Maritime Administration reported that due to an exceptional combination of adverse events, particularly extremely high water levels, unfavorable wind direction and strength, as well as the duration of these events, the failure occurred in the north engine room of the lock on Sunday. shipping channel gates. “Due to the extraordinary nature of the situation, the incident was initially classified as a force majeure.” – delivered by the office.
– This requires an analysis, we are fully mobilized and intensive work is going on to eliminate this failure, – the spokesperson of the Maritime Administration in Gdynia Magdalena Kierzkowska told us. But it is not clear how long it will take.
The ship cannot sail to Hamburg
Although large naval ships could not enter the Elblag, at least smaller ships should be able to sail without hindrance. Sea traffic in the Vistula lagoon, the Elblag river and in the port shows several units, but some of them are technical units. At the Harbor office we were told that a unit wanted to cross. This is the Tanais, which was due to sail to Hamburg on Monday.
The Tanais ship was stuck on the TVN24 channel
– It should be unloaded there and loaded onto a large ocean-going ship, which will then transport it, among other things. to Saudi Arabia. The problem is that we become unreliable because we do not deliver the goods to a specific institution. The next unit that can sail from Hamburg to Saudi Arabia may be in 2 weeks, in a month, it’s hard to say and someone is waiting for it – says Piotr Lipka, captain of Tanais
The owner of the ship is angry at the situation and wonders how it is possible that an investment of more than PLN 2 billion could not withstand the storm.
Main photo source: TVN24
