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Offline Richard57

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Re: MSC Napoli Sinking
« Reply #225 on: February 17, 2007, 09:22:46 AM »
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-newsroom/incident.htm

Latest Information 16th February 2007

At approximately 3.30pm yesterday  the MSC Napoli lost a further ten  containers during bad weather.including a set of three linked 40ft containers, two 20ft linked containers and two 40ft linked containers.

There were no dangerous goods amongst the cargo lost, the containers contained a variety of goods including electrical appliances, king Edward potatoes, engine parts and used office supplies.

There have been no significant changes to the vessel overnight.

The crane barge, Bigfoot lifted 60 containers to the shuttle barge yesterday, which took them to Portland Port and is now back on site.

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Re: MSC Napoli Sinking
« Reply #226 on: February 18, 2007, 08:55:17 AM »
You can see photos of this here, including the clean up of these containers which is already in full swing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danbryan_photography/sets/72157594492046928/

I intend to photograph the Msc Napoli every week until its gone. If you require images for an editorial or you would like to buy prints of Msc Napoli, send me an email to [email protected]

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Dan

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Re: MSC Napoli Sinking
« Reply #227 on: March 18, 2007, 09:18:54 PM »
Any news or photos of the salvage operation?

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Re: MSC Napoli Sinking
« Reply #228 on: March 20, 2007, 08:30:35 AM »
An actual photo is right on casualties on this webite. Regular updates are on www.dorsetforyou.com (latest update: Mar 13), see also the feature on www.cargolaw.com or the British Coastguard Sita.

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Re: MSC Napoli Sinking
« Reply #229 on: March 20, 2007, 01:19:28 PM »
This info has probably already been posted but due to the large number of replies I did not read them all.
This info was copied from equasis

IMO number: 9000601
Name of ship :   MSC NAPOLI
Call Sign :   VQBX7
Gross tonnage :   53409
Type of ship :   Container Ship
Year of build :   1991
Flag :   United Kingdom

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Re: MSC Napoli Sinking
« Reply #230 on: March 21, 2007, 08:40:01 PM »
Thanks to Timsen and Kier for the information.

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Re: MSC Napoli Sinking
« Reply #231 on: April 11, 2007, 11:27:11 AM »
Good progress it seems:

http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=365329

MSC Napoli - Situation update 27/03/07
Seaward
The Environment Group assigned to the recovery of the MSC Napoli has confirmed that operations to remove containers from the vessel is now well over half way. 43% of the original 2,318 containers are left, and the removal is going well.

853 containers have been removed from the deck; so far 353 containers have been removed from below deck - this operation is continuing; 88 containers have been recovered from the sea and the shoreline; 26 containers are submerged (some located, some remain un-located, but the containers have been identified so contents are known to the authorities); there are 998 containers remaining below deck.

The crane barge, Big Foot, which is removing the containers from the vessel, now needs to be modified to enable it to lift heavier containers with a longer reach. Many of the containers are now heavier having become waterlogged. The removal operation will be suspended in the next few days to allow for the necessary modifications to Big Foot.

Clean containers (checked and processed) have been transferred onward from Portland Port on the MSC Grace to Le Havre, the nearest large container port that can accommodate the cargo.

The MSC Napoli remains stable with no change to its condition.

The skimming of oil from the engine room and Number 6 Hold continues.

The Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and the Environment Agency are studying water samples taken from the vessel's hold.

Portland Port recovery teams continue to process the latest arrival of containers from the MSC Napoli.

Divers were unable to work over the weekend due to the height of the swell.

The sonar vessels are continuing their explorations to locate submerged containers.

The authorities have issued an invitation to tender for the removal of the wreck, with a closing date of the 4th April.

http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=365329

 

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