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Grounding off Isle of Skye

The lifeboats 'Spirit of Fred Olsen' from Kyle of Lochalsh and the 'Stanley Watson Barker' from Portree were called out on March 10, 2025, at 2:18 a.m., after the 'Rotsund', en route from Haugesund to Kyle, had dragged her anchor and ran aground in the Breakish area of the Isle of Skye. The UK Coastguard paged the crews after receiving a call from the vessel, which was either picking up or delivering cargo to a salmon feed factory. Initially the service vessel 'Gina Mary' (IMO: 9818761), under contract for Mowi, and the 'Kathryn Matheson' (MMSI: 232021327), a 15 meter-NabCat-catamaran of Bakkafrost Scotland, were mobilized from Kyle Harbour to stand by. The Kyle lifeboat 'Spirit of Fred. Olsen' launched at 2:25 a.m. and made best speed towards the scene through choppy weather. The lifeboat arrived on scene at 2:40 a.m., and found that the vessel was aground at the stern, and was being pushed ashore by the wind and choppy seas with a risk of the vessel turning broadside. The lifeboat crew made contact with the vessel’s crew to check nobody was injured, and began a visual inspection of the hull of the vessel to ensure there was no obvious damage or pollution. The crew of the cargo vessel were trying various things to free themselves, so the lifeboat stood by to provide safety cover, should they be needed. The Portree lifeboat arrived approximately an hour after the Kyle lifeboat. With the rising tide, the 'Rotsund' managed to use her own thrusters and engine to pull herself off the rocks at 4:15 a.m, and made her way into deeper water to find a safe place to anchor. Both lifeboats stood by to ensure that the vessel and crew were no longer in danger and there was no pollution risk. At 5:2 5 a.m, the UK Coastguard stood Kyle lifeboat down, but kept the Portree boat on scene to provide safety cover until a Coastguard tug arrives on scene. Kyle lifeboat then returned to station at 5:40 a.m. where the crew refuelled the boat and made it ready for service again. At midday, the emergency tug ''Ievoly Black' (IMO: 9439242 ) and the 'Gina Mary' towed the vessel to the Kishorn Port & Dry Dock Ltd. Inverlussa's 26-metre feed supply vessel "Havgull" (IMO: 6727260) first had received a request to tow the "Rotsund", but did not have the capacity to do so. The request was relayed to the company's head office on Mull, which then dispatched the work vessel "Gina Mary", equipped with powerful engines and a strong towing winch, which managed to take the cargo ship in tow and move it to Kishorn Port. Reports with photos: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2025/march/10/kyle-and-portree-rnli-crews-called-to-80-metre-cargo-vessel-which-ran-aground https://www.skipsrevyen.no/rotsund-ulykke/norsk-lasteskip-pa-grunn-utenfor-skottland/1907687 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ymdz47mg4o