Cargo ship aground on reef in marine reserve, Caribbean

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General cargo ship HERCA-1 ran aground on Turneffe Atoll reefs, 8 nm due east of Belize City, Belize, Caribbean, at around 1000 UTC Mar 26, while en route from Honduras to Fort Lauderdale, USA. The ship reportedly suffered engine failure, she went NUC and ran aground. As of 0300 UTC Mar 28, remained aground. She’s to be detained after refloating until assessment of reef damages is completed. No leak reported so far, 13 crew remain on board.
General cargo ship HERCA-1, IMO 9148257, dwt 4520, built 1999, flag Panama, manager HLSC PANAMA SA, Honduras.

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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.