AIS data shows the vessel as being underway from Rotterdam to Helsinki, Finland with its status as “Not Under Command”.
The Coastguard has sent the offshore vessel Guardian to assist, which the agency later said was successful in wrangling the ship and will tow it to port.
By my count, the Escape did about 25 circles before the spinning eventually stopped.
Round and round she goes! Dutch-registered containership MV Escape experiences a stuck rudder in the North Sea pic.twitter.com/zAvyrlH0Hf
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