Tag: Humber Estuary

A chartered ship carrying steel for ArcelorMittal has now made it to its destination after running aground in the Humber Estuary at the start of the month, with the steel removed as part of a rescue operation, Kallanish learns.

H&S Wisdom become stuck en route to Gunness Wharf Port, near Scunthorpe on 2 March, with rescue crews at the time suggesting the ship may need to await until the next high tide at the end of the month to be refloated.

In recent days, ArcelorMittal has worked to remove the steel from the ship with cranes and pontoons. Following this, the ship refloated with the tide.

Ship tracking shows that the vessel has now been successfully docked at its intended destination as of late Saturday evening. It had departed from the Netherlands on 1 March.

Carrie Bone UK