US Coast Guard in Ft. Lauderdale have spent Thursday night figuring out how to move a makeshift tourist attraction off the beach.
The “Clipper Lasco”, is 645-foot cargo ship carrying 30,000 metric tons of bauxite, the main component in aluminum. According to the Coast Guard, the ship was inbound to Port Everglades, waiting for a berth to free up when it ran aground. The last port of call for the Bahamian flagged ship was Sete, France.
The ship stranded directly east of Beach Place on Fort Lauderdale Beach earlier in the day.