Container Ship aground in Germany

[boatbum]

I was lurking around on GCaptain trying to locate the status of Modern Express when I ran into this additional failure of the shipping industry.
It wasn't so much to start a thread about how the industry is performing as it was to bring light to this interesting recording of the vessel track and the subsequent salvage tug traffic around it.

https://youtu.be/qcySzdwNGOc

http://gcaptain.com/cscl-indian-ocean-still-stuck-on-elbe-river-photos/#.VrXk3dD53dQ

 

[Sandy]

Boy, those pics would appear to indicate a potential stability problem with all those containers stacked so high and waterline so low. Full moon tide is Monday 2/8.

 

[boatbum]

I'd have a tough time working on that boat for that reason.

 

[Good Grief]

Kinda sucks grounding smack dab in the middle of the river like that . . .. I would have thought there would have been a pilot aboard for that transit.

 

[boatbum]

According to AIS data they may be trying to pull it out. It seems to have a gang of tugs nearby now.