After the 'Thorco Lineage' was successfully pulled off the reef by the 'Bougainville - A 622' on June 26 at 6
After the 'Thorco Lineage' was successfully pulled off the reef by the 'Bougainville - A 622' on June 26 at 6.50 p.m., a team of Nippon Salvage in collaboration with Smit Salvage, has reached the area. After the ship was pulled in a safe distance from the cooast, the towing wire ruptured at 7.50 p.m., and the freighter was drifting 1,5 miles off the coast in SW direction parallel to the west coast of Raroia on a water depth of more thant 1.000 meters. Drift prediction models used by the JRCC Tahiti indicated that the drift would continue offshore in SW directions. The tug 'Aito Nui' (MMSI: 546000200) has set sail from Papeete in the night of June 25 and was expected on site in the evening of June 28. The 'Bougainville' continued to monitor the 'Thorco Lineage'. French report with photos: https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polynesie/tahiti/polynesie-francaise/thorco-lineage-porte-conteneur-nouveau-derive-603675.html
