Vehicles worth $53 million aboard grounded ship

[AF News Desk]

The salvage operation for the ship could take “weeks or even months,” pending hazardous weather conditions.

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About 1,200 Jaguars and Land Rovers, 65 Minis and one Rolls Royce Wraith headed to the Middle East could be damaged after a cargo ship carrying them ran aground on a bank in the United Kingdom, The Telegraph reported.
The vehicles on board are worth at least $53 million, The Telegraph said.
The Hoegh Osaka ship while sailing down the Solent strait Saturday was purposely run into Bramble Bank, between Southampton and the Isle of Wight, to prevent capsizing, BBC News reported.
The vessel was stuck at the bank Monday when salvage experts tried to steady it.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency told The Economic Times that the salvage operation could take “weeks or even months,” pending hazardous weather conditions.
Eric Williams, whose company, Williams Shipping, is working with the salvage team, told BBC News that the cars were well strapped down and not as affected as originally expected.
“We were told that the cars were still strapped down in position, which is incredible,” he said.

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