Mangalore: Dutch Team Arrives to Pump out Oil from Den Den
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Mangalore, Nov 6: About four-and-half months after Eritrean ship Den Den sank off the Tannir Bavi shore, the salvage team from The Netherlands arrived on Monday to start work of removing oil from the ship.
On Monday morning, members of the salvage team did a survey of the ship, which has been lying close to the shore since June 23, when it sank with 28 people on board.
A small oil spill could be seen in the sea by the shore. However, officials of the environment department have not been able to confirm if the oil was from Den Den or other boats.
The salvage team is awaiting a barge and tug from Mumbai to begin work, which is expected to start later this week.
The only oil that is in the ship is fuel oil. Sources has said that the ship had 153 tonne of furnace oil and High Speed Diesel (HSD). The ship was carrying some 5,300 tonne of iron slag when it sank.
According to New Mangalore Port Trust deputy chairman M A Bhaskarachar, the oil from the ship will be pumped to a barge and thus, will be an offshore operation.
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