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Containership MSC Napoli
andywright:
Broke her back, now being towed to Lyme Bay.
Photos here.
www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/galeries/MSC-Napoli/07LVC017NC
The operation to salvage the vessel has now started and the ship may be towed to Lyme Bay.
After discussions between the French Authorities and the UKs Secretary of States representative Robin Middleton and salvors, the decision was taken to tow the vessel to a position in Lyme Bay as the preferred destination where a salvage operation can take place in relative safety.
The Abeilles Bourbon from France is towing the vessel and the MCA Tug, Anglian Princess is escorting the tow.
Smit International, the contracted salvors are mobilising maritime salvage equipment from Holland to Lyme Bay.
The vessel is carrying 2,394 containers; only a small proportion of the cargo is classed as hazardous according to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. These products consist of some retail perfumes, industrial and agricultural chemicals. This is a typical loading pattern for this type of ship.
Robin Middleton, Secretary of States Representative for Salvage and Intervention and leading the MCA Salvage Response Unit said
I have been working closely with the French Government and the salvors to carry out a risk assessment of the various options available to us.
The most favorable option is to tow the vessel to a sheltered location where the salvage operation to remove the containers or make out temporary repairs can be carried out.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency Counter Pollution and Response branch will be working with the Salvage Consortium and other agencies to minimise any risk of pollution or damage to the environment.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is investigating this incident as the vessel is registered within the UK.
DavieTait:
The Napoli apparently run onto a reef in the far east in 2001 when she was called the CMA CGM Normandie. Got stuck there for 60 days before being salvaged. Her engineroom was damaged and flooded and she was towed to Vietnam for repairs. Considering she has had a failure in the very same area of hull that was damaged in the grounding it looks to me that the repairs were not of high enough strength and quality.
You get the work you pay for I guess !!!
Davie
Ghost in the shell:
could the fact that she ran aground before, damaging her hull be a factor in her keel breaking in the storms?
andywright:
I didn't know that, but I bet they will have a b****y good look at the repair. vIt must be a factor, there is also heavy loading aft , with all those containers and the accomadation housing.
Andy
MikeK:
I bet Smit International will be sending the Old Man a calender this year ::) ::)
I didn't know MSC had ships under the red ensign, or was that a slip of our knowledgeable news media ??
Wasn't the list of nationalities on board a sad joke ? Unless you happen to be in the same situation on your ship of course !
MikeK
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