‘Victoria’ Salvage Continues Off Sweden

Salvors have eliminated a complete of 977,000 liters of heavy oil from the tanks of the grounded MV Victoria off Sweden, however the effort to refloat the vessel is taking longer than anticipated, the Swedish Coast Guard mentioned Friday.

The Coast Guard reviews that the operation to switch the oil to a tanker was accomplished Thursday and focus now shifts to eradicating some the vessel’s cargo.

The 46,000 DWT MV Victoria stays onerous aground on a shoal about 15 nautical miles from Varberg, Sweden within the Kattegat. The vessel was carrying a cargo of wheat from Germany to Guinea, West Africa when it ran aground late final Saturday (19 September), tearing a 3 meter gash within the ship’s hull under the waterline. The vessel has since remained steady and no air pollution has been reported.

The Coast Guard mentioned Friday that salvors might want to unload about 6,000 tons of cargo from the vessel earlier than it may be refloated. About 35 cubic meters of heavy gasoline oil stays onboard the vessel however poses minimal threat to the surroundings.

The salvage is now anticipated to final into subsequent week, the Coast Guard mentioned.