Salvage teams are proceeding with the debunkering procedure on the based MV Stellar Banner offBrazil

Fuel oil from the vessel is being pumped to the overseas supply vessel HOS Brass Ring, possessed by Hornbeck Offshore Services, the Brazilian Navy stated.

The Navy repored Thursday that thus far 1,170 cubic meters of gas oil had actually been pumped from Stellar Banner to HOS Brass Ring and also the procedure is proceeding.

SBM Offshore’s Normand Installer is currently additionally on scene aiding with the procedure.

The Navy records that the circumstance stays secure and also no oil has actually been observed in the bordering waters.

The debunkering procedure is being performed by a joint group from Ardent and also SMIT.

In enhancement to the assistance vessels pointed out, there are an extra 9 pulls, 4 emergency situation spill action vessels, 4 system supply vessels and also 2 overseas assistance vessels, along with a minimum of one helicopter, 4 vessels from the Maranh ão, a Poseidon airplane, and also 2 federal government vessels.

The MV Stellar Banner ran marooned roughly 100km from coastline of São Lu ís on February 24, 2020, as it left Vale’s Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal with iron ore bound forChina All 20 staff participants were ultimately left in excellent problem.

The Stellar Banner is a 300,663 dwt Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) constructed in 2016 and also signed up in theMarshall Islands It is possessed and also run by Polaris Shipping of South Korea and also hired to Brazilian mining titan Vale to carry iron ore from Brazil to China.

Experts stated formerly that roughly 3,500 lots of gas oil and also 140 lots of gas oil continue to be aboard the based the VLOC.