I read that it last sailed in 2009, and must have set while the owners found a way to "get it off the books". Apparently the owners finally decided that scrapping was the best option. The two weeks ago it left to Bangladesh before the tug crew cut her loose.
I'm guessing the tug crew had not returned because they did not wan to face the issues arising from just setting the ship adrift.
Does there have to any crew on a ship being towed to a ship graveyard. If she had set someplace for 9 years I wonder if anything on board was even operative.
From what I have read those materials recovery sites for ships are unique at best.

We need these events as they supply us with an endless list of movies , books , TV series, etc

Why the tug crew didn't retrieve the ship is puzzling. Criminal negligence come to mind.

Dave

This is just a hunch, so bear that in mind, but maybe the tugboat company didn't want to spend money looking for the lost ship. I think it would have been very time consuming searching the ocean for it. Unless I misread the article I think the ship was being taken to a ship scrapyard, wasn't it?

A drifting unmanned ship is a hazard to navigation.

Dave

As ai read it the tugboat was not back at home port and I am wondering if they were afraid to return to home port and report what they had done or failed to do as it is.
I am betting even though it was to be scrapped, there was still quite a bit of value in the ship.