Photos: Storm Drives Buoy Tender Aground in Ajaccio, Corsica
[Brief] On Sunday evening, a buoy tender coming from France’s Phares et Balises (Lighthouses and also Beacons) solution dragged support and also went swamped on a waterside boardwalk at Ajaccio,Corsica
High winds from Storm Bella brushed up via the port of Ajaccio on Sunday evening, driving the buoy tender Iles Sanguinaires II onto a rock revetment at the Quai des Torpilleurs, a waterside boardwalk at the north end of the city. About 1,000 gallons of gas oil have actually run away from the vessel until now, and also the City of Ajaccio has actually supplied a 300-foot control boom to release around it in order to stop the spread of air pollution.
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— patrice cirkus (@PatriceCirkus) December 28, 2020
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— Spettore Torgnoli (@S_Torgnoli) December 28, 2020
City of Ajaccio
City of Ajaccio
An added 16,000 gallons of gas are still aboard and also will certainly need to be pumped off, according to regional media. De- bunkering procedures have actually been postponed by worries that clearing the gas containers might influence the vessel’s security, and also it is feasible that ongoing severe climate might postpone a refloat procedure till very earlyJanuary
Iles Sanguinaires II is a 120 GT, house-forward buoy tender constructed in 2005 under a fleet replenishment program.
