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Cargo removal operations from MV Kaami, a grounded Norwegian vessel<\/a>, began off the coast of Scotland on 9 April, the UK’s HM Coast Guard said.<\/strong> <\/p>\n “Approximately 180 tonnes of cargo have been offloaded and are being transferred ashore. Safe off-loading from MV Kaami is heavily dependent on weather and sea conditions, and this morning\u2019s operations were conducted between high and low water.”<\/em> <\/p>\n On 8 April, salvors safely boarded MV Kaami and were able to successfully open two of the vessel\u2019s hatch covers allowing access to the cargo. <\/p>\n However, due to the weather and sea conditions over the past few days, a swell had built up and it was not possible to safely bring a vessel alongside the MV Kaami for a period long enough to begin offloading cargo until today. <\/p>\n The salvage is overseen by the Secretary of State\u2019s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention supported by the MCA, salvors, the ship\u2019s insurers and the Scottish Environment Group. <\/p>\n According to HM Coastguard, its fixed wing aircraft will carry out further flights during cargo removal operations to monitor for pollution. <\/p>\n A temporary exclusion zone of 500 metres remains in place around MV Kaami to all but those vessels directly involved in supporting the response. <\/p>\n The Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is carrying out an investigation remotely with assistance from the salvors. <\/p>\n The 4,300 dwt cargo ship ran aground off the Isle of Skye, Scotland, on March 23. The open-hatch singledecker was carrying a cargo of pelletized refuse-derived fuel at the time of the incident. <\/p>\n Built in 1994, Kaami is owned by Norway\u2019s Misje Rederi and flies the flag of the Bahamas, VesselsValue’s data shows. <\/p>\n The post Update: Cargo removal from grounded ship begins off Scotland<\/a> appeared first on Offshore Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n world maritime news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cargo removal operations from MV Kaami, a grounded Norwegian vessel, began off the coast of Scotland on 9 April, the UK’s HM Coast Guard said. “Approximately 180 tonnes of cargo have been offloaded and are being transferred ashore. Safe off-loading from MV Kaami is heavily dependent on weather and sea conditions, and this morning\u2019s operations …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[2769,51,1629,2512,4475,1070,1191],"class_list":["post-7715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news","tag-begins","tag-cargo","tag-grounded","tag-removal","tag-scotland","tag-ship","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/7716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}