The MSC Talia F, a 140-meter container ship, suffered a mechanical failure on April 19 about eight nautical miles off Gran Canaria.
The vessel, carrying containers including hazardous materials under the IMDG Code, began drifting south at around two knots. With winds from the NNE at 25–30 knots and seas reaching two meters, Spanish maritime rescue agency Salvamento Marítimo dispatched the emergency tug Heroínas de Sálvora. The crew arrived at 21:50 local time and secured a tow line just before midnight.
The vessel was safely towed to the port of Las Palmas. As informed, the likely cause of the failure was a fuel pump malfunction.