20 Rescued After Cargo Ship 'MSC Baltic III' Runs Aground Off Newfoundland Coast

[spowiednick]

Any news abt MV Meghna Prestige ?

[spowiednick]

Water Ingress and Hull Deformation Seen on Stranded MSC Baltic III

ETA to CTL ca 5 more windy days

[spowiednick]

MSC Baltic III Grounding: Hull Breaches Confirmed, But Fuel Tanks Holding For...

[ombugge]

Salvors struggle to refloat MSC boxship off Newfoundland - Splash247

With reports emerging of a hull breach, and the ship carrying 1,710 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, local media is reporting the authorities are looking at repairing an old road to access the remote site and give salvors another option to remove cargoes in a bid to get the wedged ship afloat.

[ombugge]

It was only a question of when:

Tar balls wash up on Canadian shoreline near grounded MSC boxship - Splash247

The hull of the ship has been damaged, and salvors have said the vessel cannot be refloated. There are still an estimated 1,600 metric tonnes of hydrocarbons, including heavy fuel and oils, that must be removed.

[ombugge]

She is still there:

Grounded MSC Baltic III expected to remain where she is for months.

[ombugge]

Salvage is progressing:

Containers being moved to the EEMS DUBLIN positioned alongside
(Canadian Coast Guard)

MSC Baltic III Response Shows Significant Progress

[ombugge]

Video from the scene:

Shipwreck: The race to clean up MSC Baltic III

[ombugge]

She is still there:

Containers with rotting food remain trapped on MSC Baltic III ‣ WorldCargo News

The wreck is being prepared for the upcoming winter:

The Coast Guard added that ballast water is being pumped into the MSC Baltic III to stabilise the grounded ship ahead of winter.
Officials said the ship will stay at the location until container operations are complete and the cableway is finished. On-water and shoreside surveys, together with drone overflights, continue to monitor for pollution as weather permits.

[AKBJR]

I don’t see how the hull will survive an entire winter. Hoping for the best -

[spowiednick]

I am hugely surprised it has survived so long after the grounding.

[tugsailor]

There is no point in saving containers of rotting food. Let nature take its course.

Remove the fuel that its practical to remove, and accept the fact that some small amount will remain and eventually be released into the environment.

The environment survived escaping oil from hundreds of ships sunk during wars and wrecked in the past. It will survive a small amount of fuel oil escaping from the MSC Baltic. In another 50 years there will be no visible trace of the ship or its fuel.

It’s crazy to spend $$$$ hundreds of millions on wreck removal in a very wild and remote place.That money would be better spent on protecting wetlands, rain forests, national parks, and cleaning up plastics.