A big Cosco containership has been refloated after running aground on a sandbank near Vladivostok, Russia.

The TASS news agency cited the port's marine rescue coordination centre as saying the 13,386-teu Cosco England (built 2013) dragged anchor in a gale off Skrypleva Island late on Monday.

It had anchored to receive fuel from a tanker, but this operation was halted.