The video posted to Facebook by The State Port Pilot shows the ship come to a sudden stop in shallow water and begin to spin around with its propellers still turning.
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A small boat near the ship hurriedly gets out of the way.
It happened along the Intracoastal Waterway route up the Cape Fear River into Wilmington.
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The Coast Guard said the ship's captain blamed the grounding on a propulsion problem.
The ship was refloated and nobody was hurt.