Massive cargo ship refloated

The 7,000 tonne cargo ship that got stuck at Rossaveal harbour in Galway bay on Thursday has been refloated.

The ship, called “The Pantanal”, was due to pick up two small passenger ferries which were sold to a buyer in Mauritius.

Minister for Marine Simon Coveney welcomed the successful refloating of the ship.

He said that “a very real threat to the marine environment” had been avoided.

Mr Coveney said that the ship ignored a severe weather warning and that is why the incident happened.

Do you know how heavy 7,000 tonnes is?

Well… a standard bag of sugar weighs 1 kilogram (Kg) and there is 1,000 kg in 1 tonne. So the cargo ship would be equal to the weight of 7 million bags of sugar!!