Maersk Launceston has departed from the Port of Piraeus, where it was moored from 27 October, the day it destroyed a Greek Navy minesweeper named Kallisto.
The Greek ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy gave the 2005-built container ship its permission to depart from Piraeus on 11 November. The 4,000TEU boxship, operated by the German owner Essberger, is on its way to the Port of Algeciras, Spain, according to MarineTraffic.
Container News contacted the Greek ministry and the Piraeus Port Authority, but the causes of the accident remain unclarified.
The Polish captain of the Maersk Launceston has also been released by the Greek authorities earlier in November. The vessel’s master was arrested on 27 October and the Greek authorities had charged him for causing shipwreck by negligence and for violations of international conflict avoidance rules.
Antonis Karamalegkos
Editor
