A liner called Ambience broke its front moorings on Wednesday at the port of Cherbourg during storm Noa, we learned from the maritime prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea.
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The bollard (mooring bollard) where the liner Ambience was moored and two hawsers dropped
,” the maritime prefecture told AFP, confirming information from France Bleu Cotentin.
"Never seen that"
"
The bollard was cut and came to make a hole in the hull of the ship, which must still leave this evening (Wednesday) after this weather halt"
to protect itself from the gale, explained the general manager of Cherbourg Port, Yannick Millet, contacted by AFP.
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I have been in Cherbourg since 2004 and I have never seen this
," he added.
The bow of the ship, still moored at the stern, then drifted and "
the captaincy asked for help from the national navy and five tugs came to facilitate the maneuver
" of docking in the commercial port, according to the maritime prefecture.
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Leaving Cobh (Ireland) on Monday, the 245-meter liner, flying the Bahamian flag and property of Ambassador Cruise Line, welcomes on board 1,100 passengers whom it was to take to the Isles of Scilly or Guernsey before a stopover in Honfleur (Calvados) .
He had come to take refuge in the port of Cherbourg when the storm was announced, the winds of which reached 125 km / h, according to Météo-France.