The massive Chinese containership CSCL Indian Ocean was refloated in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Germany.

The 19,100-teu vessel (built 2015) got stuck in the Elbe river near Wedel on 3 February en route to Hamburg.

Previous attempts to free it failed, but 12 tugs were assembled by salvors Smit and KOTUG to make sure at 0200 hours on Tuesday.

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