The refloating of a Thorco Shipping general cargoship has hit a snag off French Polynesia.
The 16,900-dwt Thorco Lineage (built 2014) was pulled free of a reef at the Raroia atoll on Tuesday by a tug, but an hour later the tow cable broke, leaving the vessel adrift, according to a French navy statement cited by La Depeche website.
The vessel had been towed a safe distance from shore and was in 1,000 metres of water about 1.5
