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29/01/2007
Napoli container salvage set to resume
Salvage teams working on the cargo ship stranded on a Dorset Beach are set to resume work on recovering the containers on board the listing ship.
Efforts to remove over 2,000 containers form the beached container ship Napoli had to be halted when a mooring cable on the crane barge snapped.
Because of the vessel's list, the salvage process will be complicated. The containers must be lifted and removed in such a way to prevent the cargo or the vessel shifting further.
Around 100 containers are believed to have been lost overboard when the 62,000 tonne vessel was deliberately stranded on the beach to prevent it sinking in deeper water offshore.
Last week Branscombe Beach was closed as looters made of with the contents of the 50 containers washed ashore.
The vessel suffered serious hull damage while caught in the English Channel in the mid-January storm.
The crew were rescued from a liferaft after they abandoned ship.
(SP/KMcA)
Efforts to remove over 2,000 containers form the beached container ship Napoli had to be halted when a mooring cable on the crane barge snapped.
Because of the vessel's list, the salvage process will be complicated. The containers must be lifted and removed in such a way to prevent the cargo or the vessel shifting further.
Around 100 containers are believed to have been lost overboard when the 62,000 tonne vessel was deliberately stranded on the beach to prevent it sinking in deeper water offshore.
Last week Branscombe Beach was closed as looters made of with the contents of the 50 containers washed ashore.
The vessel suffered serious hull damage while caught in the English Channel in the mid-January storm.
The crew were rescued from a liferaft after they abandoned ship.
(SP/KMcA)
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23 January 2007
Dorset ship scavengers condemned
Members of the public who have descended on the stricken cargo ship MSC Napoli in Devon have been condemned for their "crass greed". Mark Clark, from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said that the scavengers who have flocked to Branscombe Beach were making the task of clearing the beach even more difficult.
Dorset ship scavengers condemned
Members of the public who have descended on the stricken cargo ship MSC Napoli in Devon have been condemned for their "crass greed". Mark Clark, from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said that the scavengers who have flocked to Branscombe Beach were making the task of clearing the beach even more difficult.
09 July 2007
Container ship raised
The container ship MSC Napoli, which stranded on a Devon beach six months ago, has been refloated.
Container ship raised
The container ship MSC Napoli, which stranded on a Devon beach six months ago, has been refloated.
25 January 2007
Napoli clean up operation underway
Help in the form of two specialist cranes are barging from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to salvage the cargo of beached container ship MSC Napoli. Salvors have been pumping oil from the vessel at a rate of 30 tonnes per hour. The number of containers lost from the ship still stands at 103.
Napoli clean up operation underway
Help in the form of two specialist cranes are barging from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to salvage the cargo of beached container ship MSC Napoli. Salvors have been pumping oil from the vessel at a rate of 30 tonnes per hour. The number of containers lost from the ship still stands at 103.
22 January 2007
Ship beached off Dorset coast being examined
It is hoped that pumping of the 3,500 tonnes of oil on board the stranded cargo ship on the Devon coast can begin later today. The MSC Napoli has already leaked around 200 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the sea.
Ship beached off Dorset coast being examined
It is hoped that pumping of the 3,500 tonnes of oil on board the stranded cargo ship on the Devon coast can begin later today. The MSC Napoli has already leaked around 200 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the sea.
11 February 2013
Pirates Take Hostages From British Ship
Three crewmen have been taken hostage in an attack by pirates on a British ship off the west coast of Africa, the BBC has reported. The victims are a Romanian and two Russians. They were kidnapped when pirates took control of the Esther C cargo ship in the Gulf of Guinea.
Pirates Take Hostages From British Ship
Three crewmen have been taken hostage in an attack by pirates on a British ship off the west coast of Africa, the BBC has reported. The victims are a Romanian and two Russians. They were kidnapped when pirates took control of the Esther C cargo ship in the Gulf of Guinea.
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