Subscribe to RSS feedGetting a lift: raising the MSC Napoli
Subcontractors engaged by Global Response Maritime have positioned 12 lifting chains under the wreck of MSC Napoli , as part of efforts to removed the remains of the containership from the Devon beach on which she was deliberately grounded in 2007. The chains were put in place by a subsea drilling system in less than three weeks, in what the company believes marks the first successful use of such equipment in offshore wreck removal. The drilling and positioning was undertaken by a joint venture consisting of Belgian company DISA and Netherlands-based Gebr van Leeuwen Boringen. Another subcontractor, Hapo International Barges, has mobilised the crane barge Missing Link, now acting as the main surface platform for the project team. With all lifting chains in position, the main operational phase will commence in early May.
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