An AP Moller-Maersk supply vessel has crippled a Scottish ferry after a collision in Aberdeen harbour on Thursday.

Maersk's F-Type vessel.

The 7,200-hp Maersk Finder (built 1994) left “two deep gouge marks” in the 600-passenger Hrossey (built 2002) which has been put out of action for two days.



The UK-flagged ferry was berthed at the ferry terminal when it was struck by the platform supply vessel (PSV) some time on Thursday evening, the ferry’s operator NorthLink wrote in a statement.



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