Salvage Action postponed indefinitely – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Salvage Campaign of the tanker “Scan Master” is postponed indefinitely, according to newspaper Sør-Trøndelag.

The hope was that the high tide on Monday night combined with two tugs would receive the 72-meter oil tanker out in his element again .

spring tide

It was just after midnight on Sunday that JRCC received emergency that a spring tide had “turned” tanker out of control in perilous area with many reefs.

– But it soon became clear that it went well with the crew of six, and that it was not necessary with some rescue, told rescue leader Edvard Middelthon by JRCC Southern Norway Dagbladet.

In one- time Monday night should one attempt at pulling the boat out of the ground, but the action was canceled after divers had been down and ascertained that the entire boat aground.

600 tonnes of fish waste

It may be necessary To unload the cargo, consisting of 600 tons of fish waste.

– This then requires an additional vessels, pump and hose equipment. It can also be a challenge where near casualty such a vessel may lie, says Ole Ivar Lien, skipper of the rescue boat “Squalus” to newspaper Sør-Trøndelag.

– This can be a complicated action, which can take several days, depending on weather. Monday is reported gale from the southwest, and then it becomes again difficult conditions, says Lien, that does not exclude to require a third tugboat.

Solar Eclipse

Theories of known people in the area yesterday that it is repercussions for eclipse Friday as influenced flog and flow in the area.

– I’ve only lived here a year, but I was taken aback this morning when the floating dock stood on dry land. I have not been involved before. But I flicked the more over the ship which is connected to the mainland, said Magne Gjønnes Dagbladet earlier today.

Several neighbors with 20-30 years of familiarity with the ebb and flow, according Gjønnes not been in doubt that it is the solar eclipse that have affected ocean currents and water depth.

The unusual powerful tides on Nordmandie coast in France led to the two people were killed Saturday night.

Here are the biggest tidal range in the world – and along the Norwegian coast.

Never experienced similar

It is Grøntvedt Shipping on Brekstad who owns land drove «Scan Master» 1250 dwt.

The company has trafficked coast Møre og Romsdal, Trøndelag counties and Helgeland many years with many cargo ships.

– We’ve run into some cutting and running aground, and it may well happen again. But something like this, we have not experienced, owns Steinar Grøntvedt told Dagbladet.