31 jan 2016, 17:28

Weather is bergers across bay of Biscay

LA ROCHELLE –

The bergers of the Dutch company Smit which have been enabled to take on the bay of Biscay, a large rudderless ship to safe harbor, encounter a lot of inconvenience of the bad weather.

It is not yet succeeded in creating a fast the towing wire. This requires a helicopter bergingspersoneel on the heavy heel, making the ship needs some work, but that’s not now, said a spokesperson of Boskalis/Smit Sunday.

Smith, that since Friday was getting started, has two tugs on standby. The company also has employees on board of a French frigate with a helicopter to the wreck remains.

One should avoid the over 150-meter-long car carrier vessel, the Modern Express on the French coast stores. It still floats in that direction and would, according to French media, less than 100 kilometers from the land.

On board the Panamanian-flagged ship would be a cargo of wood and construction equipment sit. It hit early this week in the problems. The crew is Tuesday already under heavy weather conditions the ship taken by Spanish rescue workers.