Spökskepp övergavs vid Afrika – strandade på Irland

Jag skriver i SvD om den märkliga historien om 80 meter långa fraktfartyget Alta, som fick maskinfel på Atlanten väster om Afrika hösten 2018 och som lämnades drivande – tills det strandade på Irlands sydkust runt 18 månader senare.

Läs här.

Bilder av det strandade fartyget på Twitter:

Rescue 117 was tasked earlier today to a vessel aground near Ballycotton, Cork. There was nobody on board. Previously the @USCG had rescued the 10 crew members from the vessel back in September 2018. The vessel has been drifting since and today came ashore on the Cork coastline. pic.twitter.com/NbvlZ89KSY

— Irish Coast Guard (@IrishCoastGuard) February 16, 2020

Engineers and senior officials from @Corkcoco will inspect the 80-metre cargo vessel MV #Alta later today, which ran aground during #StormDennis near #Ballycotton in East #Cork yesterday. Some local people are clearly ahead of the posse though! @rtenews pic.twitter.com/OaXyGWS5Ex

— Paschal Sheehy (@PaschalSheehy) February 17, 2020

Storm Dennis washed this ghost ship onto Ireland’s coast.

The 253-foot cargo ship named Alta had been abandoned in the Atlantic in September 2018 pic.twitter.com/NK2Ywse30h

— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) February 18, 2020

Up-date on MV #Alta, aground on rocks near #Ballycotton: a contractor has boarded the ship. There’s no cargo on board. Cork County Council says there’s no visible pollution to the Ballycotton Bay Special Protection Area. Consultations continuing the future of the wreck. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/qX0kDdt7JI

— Paschal Sheehy (@PaschalSheehy) February 18, 2020

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