On Feb 25 at 8 a.m. the disabled "Emma Maersk" arrived in the port of Palermo, after a 1,300-mile long tow from Port Said, where the container ship was hit by extensive flooding in the engine room. The towing task was carried out by Fairmount Alpine. The plan is to slowly pump out the large amounts of water which is still 16 meters high in the engine room, in an attempt to save as much of the precious mechanics as possible. When the engine room is drained , the container ship will be drydocked at Fincantieri's shipyard in Palermo. Only when the "Emma Maersk" is drained, it will be possible to determine with the cause of water ingress in the immediate vicinity of a thruster with certainty. Maersk Line is waiting that it will take several months before Emma Maersk is back in operation again.
ACCIDENTS
26 February 2013 - 09:27
16 metres high sea water at "Emma Maersk"s engine room
The plan is to slowly pump out the large amounts of water which is still 16 meters high in the engine room, in an attempt to save as much of the precious mechanics as possible.
ACCIDENTS
26 February 2013 - 09:27
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