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Cargo ship runs aground off Uist

A cargo vessel has been escorted to Stornoway after it ran aground off North Uist on Monday night. The 112m-long (367ft) Dutch-registered MV Flinterspirit became stuck on Flodday Mor Island on its way from Sweden to Belfast at about 22:45. All

Skipper sleeping in cabin when cargo ship ran aground

The 4500-tonne Dutch bulk carrier was on its way to Belfast from Finland with a cargo of wood when it hit rocks on Flodday Mor on the very south east tip of North Uist around 10.45pm. Captain Konstantin Golubev had not slept properly for days