Cargo Ship Aground at Kilchoan

Stornoway Coastguard was contacted this morning by the general cargo vessel LYSBLINK SEAWAYS reporting that they had gone aground north of the Isle of Mull, near Kilchoan, at approximately 1.50am.
She has 9 people on board and the Tobermory RNLI lifeboat has been standing by the vessel on scene overnight. \

Currently the crew remain on board and will await tugs arriving on scene.  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency have tasked the Emergency Towing Vessel Heracles to proceed to the area. The vessel’s owners have appointed a salvage company and a commercial tug.

There is no report of pollution. The vessel was bound from Belfast to Skogn in Norway when she ran aground.