The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The non-profit environmental group World Wildlife Fund said the oil on board continued to pose a significant risk to the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and renewed its call for a worldwide ban on heavy oil for use as ship fuel. Concern about an oil leak centered on 1,800 tonnes of heavy oil and 140 tonnes of marine diesel the ship had on board for fuel. The freighter was not carrying any cargo, Friedrich said. The freighter's captain had reported all was well on board and the ship's crew of 22 was safe. "We're working on a plan, but the towing will definitely not happen today," he said.
Instead, workers would seek to lighten the ship's load and use ships with shallower draft for towing.
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But plans to tow the freighter free during high tide on Monday were being revised after officials determined the waters were too shallow for the ship that would have done the towing, Friedrich said. In the North Sea, authorities were monitoring the "Glory Amsterdam," a 225-metre (742-foot) freighter that foundered 2.2 km (1.36 miles) from the German island of Langeoog, for any signs of oil leaks, said Michael Friedrich, spokesman for Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies. Service will be limited in parts of northern Germany, DB said, after being suspended in large parts of the north and center of the country on Sunday, stranding thousands of travelers. Railway operator Deutsche Bahn continued to deal with "significant damage" from downed trees on some rail routes.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Shallow waters off a North Sea island complicated efforts on Monday to dislodge a large freighter that ran aground as Germany began cleaning up after a storm that killed at least six people there and in Poland and Czech Republic.
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