Kyeema Spirit is Rescued From Shoal
The Kyeema Spirit, a 250-meter-long Canadia tanker that ran aground in shallow water by the island of Aegna, was successfully freed at 13:38 on Tuesday.
The ship was tugged to a mooring east of the island, which is 14 kilometers north of Tallinn. Although the operation went smoothly, without threat of pollution, two anti-pollution vessels will continue to stand by.
The rescue operation began with rescuers installing barriers along the island's shoreline and around the ship to protect against potential pollution.
The vessel became grounded 660 meters from a mooring early on Monday after raising its anchor in severe weather to change locations, Jonathan Anthony, a representative of Teekay Shipping, the Canadian company that owns the ship, told Postimees.