Multraship Refloats Tank Barge Newbuilding

On December 8, working under an LOF 2000 form in cooperation with URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting, Multraship mobilised the rescue tender

Br

aris

, the multipurpose salvage vessels

Multrasalvor

and

Union Beaver

, the tug

Fighter

and

various salvage equipment.

The barge had sustained extensive damage along its starboard bottom,

and

the salvage team, under the direction of a salvage master

and

a naval architect

and

deploying a team of divers, patched three of the barge’s cargo tanks from the inside. The Br

aris

and

the Multrasalvor then made towage connections to the Fighter, which refloated the barge, on the high tide, at 1330hrs on December 10.

Thereafter, the barge was towed to Southampton, where its wing tanks

and

void spaces were pumped out

and

where further provisional repairs were effected before it was redelivered to its owners, safely afloat, on December 12.

MJ Information No: 22533