BS reported that the work has finally started on evacuation of oil from the sunken Mongolian vessel Black Rose, 40 days after it capsized near the Paradeep port on the eastern coast.
As per report seven personnel of Resolve Marine Group which was awarded the contract to retrieve oil from the sunken vessel visited the site of the mishap on Monday along with the PPT officials to conduct survey work. The team of Resolve Marine Group and the PPT officials are making efforts to locate the oil tank of the sunken vessel.
Mr Biplav Kumar deputy chairman of PPT said that “The team has visited the spot and started their preparatory and survey work. Seven personnel of the US-based firm have been pressed into service while PPT would provide divers and marine personnel to retrieve oil from the vessel.”
He added that PPT has received 75% of the equipment from the US based firm and we expect to receive the remaining equipment shortly.
(Sourced from http://www.steelguru.com/news/index/2009/10/22/MTE2OTcz/Work_begins_on_oil_evacuation_from_sunken_MV_Black_Rose.html)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Work begins on oil evacuation from sunken MV Black Rose
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