What can be done? Essentially to float the 51,000 tonnes vessel off the sandbar means that first the stricken ship needs to be righted, so following lines being attached and a series of powerful salvage tugs taking the strain, decreasing the list by a good percentage, then dredging a deep channel alongside the ship becomes an option and effectively rolling the vessel into it, but that requires almost perfect weather, so unlikely. The next option is to call up giant floating cranes, the Dutch seem to have cornered the market and itll take days to have them positioned. Expensive... but a prime option. The cargo could be offloaded to lighten the ship? Unlikely as weather conditions are too rough this time of year, and it would mean opening the watertight doors to remove the vehicles one by one by sea crane. Dangerous. Attach flotation chambers bousons ? The shifting sandbank would mitigate against this, as again the ship is stranded on the sandbar, and gently digging itself in with each tide. Drag it off. Risky but possible if enough lines can be secured on board but also dangerous as the lines or cables have been known to violently whiplash if they break under strain. Leave it? A possibility and an ever visible marker of a notorious sandbank, only all fuel and oils would have to be drained and the wreck anchored. Simply its not going to be a quick and easy resolution.... and it is right by a major shipping channel.. https://youtube/watch?v=SGb1Vyh0RfE#t=77
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:25:48 +0000
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