MEC&F Expert Engineers : Bulk carrier SAM WOLF hard aground, on a beach El Faro, Puerto Cortes, Honduras

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Bulk carrier SAM WOLF hard aground, on a beach El Faro, Puerto Cortes, Honduras



Sept. 21, 2016 at 14:39 by Mikhail Voytenko


Bulk carrier SAM WOLF ran aground at around 1700 LT Sep 16 on a beach El Faro, Puerto Cortes, Honduras, while approaching Puerto Cortes en route from New Orleans. Understood vessel was pushed off fairway by strong current. Port authorities demand from SAM Shipping to refloat the vessel as soon as possible. No news on salvage contract yet.