and who’s going to pay to for the salvage and cleaning the mess??

Its probably just a technical issue and an unfortunate mishap.

Good points Mecheal, after a surf in big bay by the wreck, you can see remnants of oil on yourself Let’s hope they can salvage this boat ASAP.

if you look at the coastline versus the location of the grounding of this vessel it indicates a possible purposefull grounding if this vessel had engine problems this vessel will ground lengthwise in relation to the coastline,looking on the marine chart for this location is a very tight squeeze in relation to the coastline samsa must look into this grounding of this vessel,the master\capt of this vessel cant say he didnt know where he was,as port control will have picked him up entering table bay and contacted him on vhf marine that he is close inshore-cape town radio would do the same,he has enough marine electronics navigation equipment on his bridge to tell him exactly where he is at any given time,if he had engine failure and running aground then the location of his position it would appear then be anywhere between clifton beack\atlantic seaboard coastline,this isnt the 1st time that these type of trawlers have run aground on the atlantic\tablebay coastline,this grounding needs to be investigated

http://www.iccat.int/en/VesselsRecordDet
AT000JPN00514, EIHATSU MARU. Reporting Flag : Japan, Current Flag : Japan. Registry … Address : 1-38-4 DOTE-CHO,OMIYA-KU,SAITAMA,JAPAN. City

this trawler needs to be removed as soon as possible,they most probably going to remove the fuel,the ammonia on board is for the refrigeration,this is a long line tuna boat its sole purpose is tuna,ive studied the various antenna systems,seen on the photos,the master of the vessel is in direct contact with his office in japan as the satcomms antenna is clearly visible,the entire vessel gets written off,with its load any negotiations between the owners\insurers\agents\salvage operators is solely for the removal of the vessel, removing the fuel 1st and maybe its load poses additional problems on its existing location in relation to the weather\tidal currents,its going to become difficult to remove this vessel,as it going to get pushed further inshore with the bed suction \sand building up along its keel,the ammonia is a environmental risk factor to residents\sea life in the immediate area,the ammonia is located in tanks on board or cylinders,the fuel tanks are under bottom and that is where the risk is going to be coming from,although it is aground on a sandbank the concern is going to be more what is beneath the sand\seabed,that is the risk factors here,the longer it stays aground the more it buries itself into the sea bed

SAMSA were alerted by a clifton resident at about 4:30am that a ship was approaching. They told the resident that they didn’t know where Clifton was, …that they couldn’t see the ship on their radar, and that the resident should call the police!