Maersk container ship towed free after running aground off German island

FILE PHOTO: The Denmark-flagged 400-meter container ship Mumbai Maersk, which has run aground off the German island of Wangerooge in the North Sea, en route from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to the north-western German port city of Bremerhaven, Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said on Thursday is seen in this handout provided to Reuters on February 3, 2022. Havariekommando/Handout via REUTERS

BERLIN (Reuters) - Tug boats have towed free one of the world's biggest container ships, the Mumbai Maersk, which had run aground off the German island of Wangerooge in the North Sea, Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said on Friday.

"The Mumbai Maersk was towed free during a second attempt," the Central Command said in a statement on its website. "The large container ship is to be brought to the port of destination Bremerhaven at the earliest possible time."