Norwegian freighter disabled, towed to safety, North sea

General cargo ship was disabled in the afternoon Nov 26 in North sea, while en route from Norway to Southern Europe. Was taken on tow in the evening same day and towed to nearest port. As of 0530 UTC Nov 27, was in the same position.

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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.