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Ro-ro cargo ship disabled, anchored to avoid grounding on Andros island coast, Greece

Ro-ro cargo ship HODZI suffered mechanical failure and was disabled at around 0600 UTC Sep 29 in Aegean sea north of Andros island, Greece. Caught in fresh weather with onshore wind, she drifted towards the northern coast of Andros island and anchored at around 1300 UTC to avoid grounding. As of 1430 UTC, she remained at anchor, understood waiting for a tug. The ship with a Turkish-Ukrainian crew is en route from Gemlik Turkey to Sfax Tunisia.

Ro-Ro Cargo HODZI is currently located at EMED – the Aegean Sea at position 38° 0′ 14.94″ N, 24° 45′ 8.856″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2021-09-29 18:27 UTC (7 minutes ago) Marine Traffic reported
Added: The wind in this area at that time blows from the North direction at force 6 Beaufort.

The vessel departed from GEMLIK, TR on 2021-09-26 16:56 LT (UTC +3) and is currently sailing at 0.3 knots with Northwest direction heading to SFAX, TN with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2021-10-03 02:50 LT (UTC +3) local time (in 3

HODZI (IMO: 8302301) is a Ro-Ro Cargo that was built in 1988 (33 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.
Its carrying capacity is 15666 Gross Tonnage and her current draught is reported to be 7.1 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 148 meters and her width is 24 meters.


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