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Date: 26 November 2022 Type: Engine Damage Voyage: USA/Mediterranean/Indian Ocean/Far Eastern Ports
Reports have been received that Hong Kong flag vessel OAKLAND (54,437gt, built 2000) suffered an engine failure east of Gibraltar on 26 November 2022.
Repairs could not undertaken by the crew and the containership was taken in tow by tug ERACLEA. We understand that the convoy reached Algeciras as a port of refuge earlier today.
OAKLAND is on a voyage from the US to ports in the Mediterranean and was expected to continue through Suez and then eastwards.
