High winds stall efforts to tow a burning cargo ship packed with cars off northern Dutch coast
Dutch authorities say high winds in the North Sea are delaying efforts to tow a burning cargo ship carrying thousands of new cars to safety off the coast of the Netherlands THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- High winds blowing across the North Sea are delaying efforts to tow a burning cargo ship loaded with thousands of new cars to safety off the Dutch coast , the government said Sunday. The Fremantle Highway was unlikely to be moved Sunday because of the southwesterly wind, according to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. “The wind will continue to blow from the southwest for the next few days. The towing of the Fremantle Highway to the new temporary location may therefore still take several days to start,” the ministry said in an update Saturday night. “The smoke from the fire and the wind direction mean that during the towing operation of the ship smoke is blowing over the tugboat,” it added. Salvage crews on Saturday attached a second towing cable to the ship, which is ...