{"id":65710,"date":"2026-01-27T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/886885532"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:59:30","slug":"cargo-ship-stuck-off-the-portuguese-coast-will-be-removed-by-norwegian-tugboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/cargo-ship-stuck-off-the-portuguese-coast-will-be-removed-by-norwegian-tugboat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo ship stuck off the Portuguese coast will be removed by Norwegian tugboat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Paulo Mariano, vice-president of the Figueira da Foz port community, the tugboat was hired on Monday night by the Dutch shipowner, who owns the vessel, and by the Altri group<\/a>, which owns the 3,300 tons of paper pulp cargo on board.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the National Maritime Authority (AMN<\/a>) reported that the tugboat should arrive at Eikborg at 11 pm, saying that the cargo ship is 22 nautical miles (about 40 kilometres) off the Portuguese coast, accompanied by the ocean patrol vessel Figueira da Foz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shipowner and the shipper managed to reach a successful agreement in negotiations with a Norwegian-flagged tugboat, which will presumably arrive at the location at 2 am on Wednesday [28 January],\u201d said Paulo Mariano.<\/p>\n

He added that the towing service will be \u201cextremely complicated,\u201d given the state of the sea, and will cost around \u20ac350,000 per day, to be borne by the shipowner \u2013 the Royal Wagenborg group, one of the largest European maritime transport companies \u2013 and the cargo owner, the Altri group.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this moment, they are already paying, the ship is already ready, although it has not yet arrived,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n

Paulo Mariano further explained that the operation carried out by the Norwegian ocean tug, a 90-metre-long vessel, one meter longer than the cargo ship, \u201cwill take several days\u201d and described it as \u201cincredible\u201d that \u201call\u201d the national ports, \u201cwith the conditions to receive this ship under tow, refused the ship’s entry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the ship will have to be towed to a port in Spain, which I presume, I’m not sure yet, it also has to do with sea conditions, it will be in the bay of Vigo [in Galicia],\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n

The Navy and AMN stated, in a press release, that \u201cthey continue to monitor and support the cargo ship that suffered a rudder failure\u201d on Monday, as it left the Figueira da Foz harbour, and will do so with an ocean patrol vessel until towing operations begin.<\/p>\n

The Eikborg has six crew members on board, all foreigners (the captain is Dutch, and there are also two Indonesians, one Latvian, one Russian, and one Filipino) and is carrying 3,300 tons of paper pulp (cargo originating from Celbi cellulose, part of the Altri group), which was destined for a German port.<\/p>\n

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