Cargo ship ran aground near Cork after floating in the Atlantic since September 2018

It leans on the rocks at an almost jaunty angle, framed by the horizon whence it came, not a soul in sight.

MV Alta, a ghost ship that traversed the Atlantic for more than a year without crew or passengers, berthed at last. The 77-metre cargo vessel’s odyssey came to an end during Storm Dennis last Sunday when it ran aground near Ballycotton, a fishing village in County Cork, Ireland, overlooking the Celtic Sea.

Public warned away from MV Alta, which ran aground on Cork coast during Storm Dennis

Abandoned by its crew, the cargo vessel made a lonely odyssey across the Atlantic, a ghost ship seemingly destined never to make port.

The 77-metre MV Alta drifted for over a year, skirting the Americas, Africa and Europe, rusting and derelict yet resolutely afloat.