An engine problem on a Danish-managed cargoship led to bridges being swiftly raised off Sweden.

The 3,000-dwt Rix Emerald (built 1995) hit the headlines when the national public television channel reported the vessel sped down the Gota River last Friday.

The ship then proceeded to Scotland, where The Courier daily reported that officers from the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) were asked by their Scandinavian counterparts to board it at Montrose.