Salvage vessels
Salvage tug Fairmount Expedition IMO 9358943, GRT 3239, built 2007, flag Netherlands.
Salvage tug Anglian Sovereign IMO 9262742, GRT 2263, built 2003, flag UK.
Salvage tug Carlo Magno IMO 9341251, dwt 1658, built 2006, flag Italy, AUGUSTEA IMPRESE MARITTIME E DI SALVATAGGI S.P.A.
August 13: MSC Flaminia and salvage tugs still move around keeping off EU waters, because they are not allowed shelter by Coastal States. Latest known position dated August 11 17:41 UTC, see map. No news from NSB, latest dated August 9. Meanwhile, French Brittany edition 7SEIZH published an article on MSC Flaminia saga with the story of yet another shipper suffering from the lack of information and possible loss of his expensive goods, vintage cars: a 1960 Corvette, a 1966 Pontiac GTO convertible, a 1965 Mustang coupe and a Mustang GT 1968. American car club de France (ACCF) finds the behaviour of the carrier MSC most disappointing, as they still can’t get an information about the disposition of their containers on board of MSC Flaminia. Read the article at http://7seizh.info/la-situation-du-msc-flaminia-engendre-des-inquietudes/
Bad weather was hampering firefighting efforts aboard the stricken MSC Flaminia last night as the vessel’s managers continued their month-long search for a safe European haven.
Salvors had spent the weekend extinguishing fires in individual containers but worsening conditions meant the team once again had to abandon the 6,732 teu vessel (pictured mid-July).
In a statement this morning, ship manager Reederei NSB said: "As weather conditions remained stable, firefighting experts onboard theMSC Flaminia continued to extinguish individual containers until yesterday evening. Currently, weather conditions have worsened, forcing the suspension of operations until the weather improves again.
Due to damaged cargo and firefighting water, the ship was previously listing by 10 degrees but salvors have pumped water from the cargo holds into the ballast tanks thereby reducing the list, they say, to 2.5 degrees.
The latest statement reads: "With this list, the vessel is stabilised to the extent that entry into an emergency port is possible."
Negotiations are still underway, however, between Reederei NSB, and various national maritime authorities in Europe. Despite protracted talks, permission to enter a sheltered coastal area or an emergency port has not yet been granted.
Last week, Helmut Ponath, Chief Executive of Reederei NSB, described the refusal by European states to accept the smouldering ship as ’shocking’.
The company also told our sister publication, Containerisation International, that without permission to enter a coastal area ’the salvage of the vessel is not possible and the success of the operation is compromised’.
The MSC Flaminia suffered a mid-Atlantic explosion on 14 July and was initially towed to a waiting area within the UK’s coastal waters. It is now holding a waiting position, accompanied by a group of tugs, approximately 240 nautical miles off the coast of the UK.
Salvors had spent the weekend extinguishing fires in individual containers but worsening conditions meant the team once again had to abandon the 6,732 teu vessel (pictured mid-July).
In a statement this morning, ship manager Reederei NSB said: "As weather conditions remained stable, firefighting experts onboard theMSC Flaminia continued to extinguish individual containers until yesterday evening. Currently, weather conditions have worsened, forcing the suspension of operations until the weather improves again.
Due to damaged cargo and firefighting water, the ship was previously listing by 10 degrees but salvors have pumped water from the cargo holds into the ballast tanks thereby reducing the list, they say, to 2.5 degrees.
The latest statement reads: "With this list, the vessel is stabilised to the extent that entry into an emergency port is possible."
Negotiations are still underway, however, between Reederei NSB, and various national maritime authorities in Europe. Despite protracted talks, permission to enter a sheltered coastal area or an emergency port has not yet been granted.
Last week, Helmut Ponath, Chief Executive of Reederei NSB, described the refusal by European states to accept the smouldering ship as ’shocking’.
The company also told our sister publication, Containerisation International, that without permission to enter a coastal area ’the salvage of the vessel is not possible and the success of the operation is compromised’.
The MSC Flaminia suffered a mid-Atlantic explosion on 14 July and was initially towed to a waiting area within the UK’s coastal waters. It is now holding a waiting position, accompanied by a group of tugs, approximately 240 nautical miles off the coast of the UK.
...stormy weather starts end of September...usually
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