The Coast Guard is monitoring a large Russia-bound ship that has finally upped anchor after spending several days stationary just off the Cork coast.
The Barbados-flagged , a 288m-long bulk carrier, had been anchored in deep water about three to four miles southwest of Mizen Head, in waters up to 90 meters deep, since before the weekend.
Local maritime experts noted that it is a very unusual position for a vessel of this size to drop anchor, even with bad weather forecast and weather warnings in place.
Built in 2005, the vessel set sail from a port in Singapore on November 12 and was en route to Kola Bay in Murmansk in northwestern Russia, with an expected arrival date of January…