Salvage crews tow drifting Dutch freighter to port in Norway

Salvage crews tow drifting Dutch freighter to port in Norway
The Dutch cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika is guided to land at Alesund, Norway (Svein Ove Ekornesvag / NTB)

A joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to safely tow to land an abandoned Dutch cargo ship that had been adrift off the coast of Norway.

The Eemslift Hendrika, a Netherlands-registered ship designed to carry large boats, securely docked in port late in the afternoon in the western city of Alesund.

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