First Photo Of Clifton Trawler Pulled Away From The Beach – It Worked!

The Eihatsu Maru has been successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities today. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel that ran aground last Saturday morning in thick fog.

It brings to a close an agonising six days of salvage attempts by officials, who twice previously failed to remove the stricken vessel.

The operation got underway at 13h00, and hearts sank when the vessel listed to port side at about 14h20. Authorities said this complicated matters, but the large tug didn’t give up.

Gradually, the slow process freed the vessel.

Many questions remain unanswered, but authorities involved will now carry out a full and thorough investigation into what went wrong. Authorities are also going to investigate whether the tuna that the trawler is carrying, was illegally caught in South African waters or not.

The vessel will now be towed to the Table Bay Harbour.

[Main Image: TaraHossack]

[Gallery Images: shipspotterCT, TaraHossack]

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congratulations to the marine authorities\salvage operators for a job well done,now they can do a complete investigation.thank you to http://www.2oceansvibe.com for there coverage\and there excellent work in covering events
http://www.aerialphoto.co.za/eihatsu-maru-runs-aground-on-clifton-beach/?show=gallery&pageid=1279 Marietha

Check the link http://www.aerialphoto.co.za/eihatsu-maru-runs-aground-on-clifton-beach/?show=gallery&pageid=1279 for some awesome fodies my husband took of the ship while pumping equipment was airlifted to it.
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a bit of research into the eihatsu maru fishing activities can be found here,www.wcpfc.int/vrecord/record_vessel.,a very intresting site indeed,this vessel has sister ship named Sumiyoshi Maru No. 10,Eihatsu maru, is part of a trawler fleet operating off southern Africa.some further research into there fishing activities and A.I.S.Track records, ended up on a site that does live vessel tracking,now they can deal with the Panos Earth,a bit of research it interesting,that a Chinese 3rd party is possibly involved with the off-spec bunker fuel that was loaded somewhere in south America port,that will explain why the engines seized up on this vessel,and the vessel is still stranded in false bay,also a standard 1984 bulker ship design
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Swedish Club are the Marine Insurers according to reports,they are part of the P & L Clubs Group,subsidiaries,now swedish club has got a office here,Swedish Club – Hong Kong,now if reports are correct,that a possible Chinese 3rd party is involved with the off-spec bunker fuel,in south america,that has stranded the Panos Earth with the insurer bailing out of there cover,then just maybe there is a link between the Seli1 problem,with that Insurer\owners\Russia Club,this appears to be very complicated affair\situation with all these Marine Insurers ,operating under 1 group P & l Clubs,affiliates\divisions\representatives,etc,apparently there is large approved P and I Clubs/Insurers,all linked 1 way or another,,my research found a massive listing of these poolgroups\etc operating under P & l Clubs
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the eihatsu maru operated under this previous name,Previous name: Koei Maru No. 8 – Date changed: 29 Aug 2003 – Flag at time of change: Japan,very interesting

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