Debris Washes Ashore in South Africa from Grounded Cargo Ship

South African officials are warning that the fertilizer cargo and debris from the grounded bulker Ultra Galaxy is washing ashore after the vessel was pounded by a week of bad weather. Breaks in the weather are permitting the salvage operations to proceed for the vessel that grounded on a remote part of the Atlantic coast northwest of Cape Town.

“Salvage work on the grounded Panama-flagged cargo ship, MV Ultra Galaxy, continued over the weekend,” the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) reported in its latest update.