The 25-meter (82 feet) fishing vessel Georgelou N ran aground off Formby Point near the River Mersey, England. The Georgelou N had left Liverpool with seven crew when it became disabled after the gearbox broke down. The vessel soon after became stranded with the falling tide. The Liverpool Coastguard responded and was able to to tow the vessel off the sandbank a few hours later. The Georgelou N was being towed back to Liverpool to be inspected.
The freighter Grigoriy Petrovskiy (Gregory Petrovsky) sank at the port of Poti, Georgia during a strong storm. The vessel had lost control during the storm and struck a pier causing the hull nearly to break-in-two. The vessel also holed in one of its tanks resulting in water ingress. All 11 crew members onboard were rescued. The Greogry Petrovsky has released pollution into the port. The pollution is most likely from the 35 tons of fuel onboard when the vessel sank. Reports state the vessel had no cargo onboard when the storm struck.
The freighter Golden Seas lost main engine power and went adrift north of Adak island in the Aleutian Islands. The turbocharger on the main engine failed leaving the vessel crippled in gale force winds and 30 foot waves. The Coast Guard has sent 2 helicopters to the be available if conditions worsen. The tug Tor Viking II from Dutch-Harbor has also been dispatched to assist. The 738 foot vessel was carrying canola seed, diesel and fuel oil from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to United Arab Emirates.
