Bulk Ship Refloated Off Sweden

The Liberian-flagged MV Victoria was refloated Sunday after spending a couple of week onerous aground on a shoal off Sweden.

The 46,000 DWT Victoria was pulled off the shoal on Sunday with the assistance of a tugboat after an operation to take away a few of the ship’s wheat was accomplished late Saturday.

The 46,000 DWT MV Victoria was carrying a cargo of wheat from Germany to Guinea, West Africa when it ran aground on September nineteenth about 15 nautical miles from Varberg, Sweden. A dive inspection revealed a 3 meter gash within the ship’s hull under the waterline.

The Swedish Coast Guard mentioned Monday that an inspection of the freed ship confirmed ‘extensive damage’, however bunker gas tanks remained intact and the vessel was in a position to function beneath its personal energy.

The ship was accepted by the Swedish Transport Agency to make its approach in direction of Halmstad, Sweden with the help of a tugboat. As of Monday the ship was exhibiting alongside in Halmstad.

During the salvage, crews eliminated about 977,000 liters of heavy oil positioned in tanks close to level of grounding.