Complete Maritime Profile & Reviews of Jekerborg

In the early hours of April 14, 2014, the cargo vessel 'Ashley' encountered trouble as it navigated the Fehmarn Sound en route from Rotterdam to Neustadt in Holstein. Loaded with lime, the vessel had successfully traversed the eastern section of the Sound when it unexpectedly ran aground on a sandbar located off the southern coast of Fehmarn, specifically between navigation buoys 10 and 11. Immediate action was taken, and a tugboat was dispatched from Rostock, successfully refloating the 'Ashley' after several hours. Subsequently, instead of continuing through the Sound, the ship redirected its route around the island. Upon reaching its destination in Neustadt at 11:25 a.m., authorities from the Heiligenhafen police conducted an inspection aboard the vessel. Preliminary findings suggested that the ship, with a draught of 4.3 meters, may have been adversely affected by the exceptionally low tide that night, as nautical charts indicated a water depth of only five meters at the grounding site.