Bulk carrier SMEW ran aground while leaving Barranquilla Colombia at around 1200 UTC Jul 10, with some 22,000 tons of coal on board, bound for Brazil. Traffic in channel was restricted. The ship was refloated at around 2140 UTC Jul 10 with tugs assistance and taken to anchorage. Remained at anchor as of 0430 UTC Jul 11.
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Mikhail is a professional merchant marine navigator by education and a well known maritime online journalist. He maintains the "Maritime Bulletin", a private maritime news and analysis website for many years now and frequently publishes on FleetMon.com as a guest editor.
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