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Stricken Solent ship: Hoegh Osaka on its way to Southampton port Stricken Solent ship: Hoegh Osaka docks in Southampton
(about 3 hours later)
Salvage teams working on the stranded car carrier Hoegh Osaka are towing it back to Southampton. A cargo ship carrying millions of pounds worth of cars which has been stranded in the Solent for 19 days has arrived in port.
The degree of list on the 51,000-tonne ship has been reduced substantially allowing the vessel to be towed. The Hoegh Osaka was towed to Southampton Water Berth 101 by four tugs from a point between East Cowes and Lee-on-the-Solent.
It left at 14:30 GMT, earlier than planned, and is being towed up Southampton Water to Berth 101 at Southampton Docks. It took roughly three hours to tow the ship in.
The operaton is expected to take three to four hours. The ship was run aground on Bramble Bank on 3 January. The vessel was run aground on Bramble Bank on 3 January after developing a list while on the way to Germany.
The Singapore-registered vessel which was originally listing at 52 degrees, has been refloated after salvers pumped out 3,000 tonnes of water. More than 3,000 tonnes of water, that entered when an item of cargo punctured a hole in the side, was pumped out of the ship.
The ship had been on its way to Germany when it developed a problem and has a cargo of 1,400 cars and 105 pieces of construction equipment. With the water removed the salvage team from Svitzer was able to right the ship.
The 51,000-tonnes vessel originally had a list of 52 degrees, but this was reduced substantially before it was able to be towed.
More than 1,400 cars and 105 pieces of construction equipment are on board and many are under water.
It is thought the cargo could be worth as much as £60m.
It floated free from the sandbank on the high tide on 7 January and has since been anchored and held in position by tugs in deep water at Alpha Anchorage, near Lee-on-the-Solent.It floated free from the sandbank on the high tide on 7 January and has since been anchored and held in position by tugs in deep water at Alpha Anchorage, near Lee-on-the-Solent.