[image] Watch: Italian cargo ship grounded by storm - Newsbook All crew members were rescued on Sunday morning. Probably bottom smashed, that looks like a total loss. [IMG_5300]

Today, the Italian authorities declared the removal of all liquids from the ‘CDRY Blue’ as completed. In a few days, the owner/insurer will ask tenders to decide who will remove the ship (or the wreck), and how she would be removed. Then, the Italians must approve… an often-lengthy thing; nobody w…

The JIF Helios has stopped sending AIS data. Last received position was of today at 00.20 UTC: 39°54’50.1"N 7°22’45.1"E .

[image] Dutchie: The JIF Helios has stopped sending AIS data… Not really, now, she is at 41.4°N / 6°E, far away from all terrestrial AIS-receivers (her antenna is not very high ASL); about halfway between Sant’Antioco and Sète. On MarineTraffic, she is the only vessel on this route shown as …

Yes, that figures. The position at which the data stopped is about 45 nautical miles from land. Not a bad range for a rather low antenna location. She will reappear on AIS when nearing Sète. Of course it also depends on the local propagation conditions of radio waves. I remember that almost every ti…

Often, offshore, you will receive vessels, up to many hundreds of miles away. Indeed, they will not show up on your screen with a distance limit. However, the signal is present. This should have to do with temporary reflections in the lower atmosphere. Looking in text mode, arranged by distance, …

Today, the local newspaper has some ‘no-news’: The monitoring of the ship for environmental problems continues, by the Italian Coast Guard AND by Smit Salvage. Nothing about her future removal…

Today, the local newspaper writes: Some 15 companies were invited, by the owner/insurer of the ‘CDRY Blue’, to submit proposals for the removal of the ship/wreck. Now, experts from these companies are inspecting the vessel and the rocky bottom. Proposals are expected for mid-February.

It seems that they are in no hurry. Maybe waiting for the big storm to free it from the rocks…:wink:

[image] Dutchie: Maybe waiting for the big storm to free it from the rocks Easier to remove the small pieces after Mother Nature does the grunt work.

[image] Steamer: Easier to remove the small pieces after Mother Nature does the grunt work. The expression smashed to smithereens comes to mind…

Cargo ship CDRY BLUE grounded by storm at West Sardinia, Italy

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Cargo ship CDRY BLUE grounded by storm at West Sardinia, Italy

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