Chemical Tanker Adrift Off Irish Coast: Tugboat Despatched Geplaatst door Rene op 14 januari 2014 The tanker, carrying a 15,000-tonne cargo of caustic soda with 22 crew on board, lost power to its main engines 100 nautical miles off Loop Head while bound for Aughinish in the Shannon Estuary, reports ‘The Irish Times’. Chemical Tanker Adrift Off Irish Coast: Tugboat Despatched