Port of Silloth: Cargo vessel carrying syrup stuck off Cumbrian coast

Grounded shipRNLI Silloth

The grounded cargo ship Zapadnyy is 78m (255ft) long and was built in 1988

A cargo vessel carrying syrup has become stuck off the Cumbrian coast.

Zapadnyy, a Belize-registered tanker, ran aground on a sandbank with its cargo of molasses - a thick, dark, heavy syrup which is a by-product of sugar refining.

Silloth lifeboat operations manager Eddie Studholme said the tanker got into difficulty at 10:00 BST at the entrance to Silloth harbour.

There will be attempts to refloat the vessel at high tide.

Zapadnyy is 78m (255ft) long and was built in 1988, according to Vessel Finder

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The tanker carrying molasses ran aground at 10:00 BST on Tuesday

Its last port of call was Bremerhaven in Germany.