Fleet completed for "CSCL Indian Ocean" Salvage
In the early morning of Feb 8 the tug "Fairmount Expedition" (IMO:9358943) as the last ship involved in the salvage of the near Wedel reached the Elbe estuary after Smit Salvage was contracted with the refloating of the ship.
It had sailed from Rotterdam on Feb 7. Already on Feb 4 the "Union Manta" (IMO: 9261487l) eft Rotterdam and reached Bützfleth the follwong day.
Both vessels have more than 200 tons pulling force each and will be the core of the tug fleet of 12 vessels and more than 1000 tons pulling force which will be involved in the salvage attempt which will start on Feb 9 at 3 a.m., among them also the strongest tugs based in Hamburg, under the command of captain Wytse Huisman.
During the weekend Smit jointly with the classification society DNV-GL from Hamburg developed a salvage plan. At the same time the dredgers "Barent Zaanen" and "Causeway" and the "Njörd" (IMO: 8650409) and "Razende Bol" (MMSI: 244963000) with flushing lances removed large amounts of sediment around the grounding site. In the morning of Feb 8 the tugs "Bugsier 10", "Dhamra", "SD Dolphin" and "SD Rover" were on standby at the "CSCL Indian Ocean".
In the early morning of Feb 8 the tug "Fairmount Expedition" (IMO:9358943) as the last ship involved in the salvage of the near Wedel reached the Elbe estuary after Smit Salvage was contracted with the refloating of the ship.
It had sailed from Rotterdam on Feb 7. Already on Feb 4 the "Union Manta" (IMO: 9261487l) eft Rotterdam and reached Bützfleth the follwong day.
Both vessels have more than 200 tons pulling force each and will be the core of the tug fleet of 12 vessels and more than 1000 tons pulling force which will be involved in the salvage attempt which will start on Feb 9 at 3 a.m., among them also the strongest tugs based in Hamburg, under the command of captain Wytse Huisman.
During the weekend Smit jointly with the classification society DNV-GL from Hamburg developed a salvage plan. At the same time the dredgers "Barent Zaanen" and "Causeway" and the "Njörd" (IMO: 8650409) and "Razende Bol" (MMSI: 244963000) with flushing lances removed large amounts of sediment around the grounding site. In the morning of Feb 8 the tugs "Bugsier 10", "Dhamra", "SD Dolphin" and "SD Rover" were on standby at the "CSCL Indian Ocean".