The 46,000–dwt Seychelles Patriot (built 2008) was set free on Friday, Seychelles Petroleum Company (Seypec) said.

“The re-floating exercise began on the arrival of appropriate powered tug boats and was completed three hours later when the vessel was manoeuvred off the mud banks on which it had been grounded,” it added in a statement reported by the Seychelles News Agency.

 “As per the norms in a situation such as this, the vessel is now on the way to Port Santarem anchorage for inspections by the classification society, and is then expected to continue to its planned destination, Manaus."

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