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While the bow of the "Hongyuan 02" was still submerged on Dec 23, the vast majority of the containers has been transferred, the hull remained basically stable. After six days of continuous work, a total of 320 containers was taken off, reducing the weight of nearly 10,000 tons. Holes in the hull were patched, and water was pumped out of the cargo holds. 8-ton-anchors were laid out in order to stabilize the ship 300 meters in each direction. In one or two days the stabilisation work was to be completed to avoid that the ship rolls over under the impact of wind and waves. Chinese report with photos: http://news.hsdhw.com/416361

The "Hong Yuan 02" (宁波籍集装箱船“鸿源02”) ran aground on a reef west of Small Huanglong Island in pos. 30 ° 37'00 "N / 122 ° 50'50" E, north of Zhoushan, on Dec 15, 2016, at 11 p.m. The ship was en route in the East China Sea from Jingtang to Humen in the Guangdong Province. It was breached in the bow area with strong water ingress, going down by the bow which was submerged, and developed starboard list. It had on board 864 20-ft-containers and 68 40-ft-containers, on the whole 29000 tons of cargo. A salvage operation was launched. On Dec 16 at 10.30 a.m. 13 of the 21 crew members were evacuated onto the patrol boat 0743. At 12.40 p.m. the cran ships "Man Yang 2004 and "Man Yang 208" arrived on scene with divers, joined by the "Tangfeng 56" and "Tengfeng 58" a.o. The list could be corrected from meanwhile 20 degrees to 12 degrees to starboard. There was strong water ingress in the cargo holds 1-3, in hold 4 was a small amount of cargo water and no flooding in hold 5. No oil spills were found at the site. Meanwhile the ship was further tilting and threatened to roll over and sink. At 11 p.m. all staff on board was evacuated onto the patrol boat. On Dec 17 short past midnight the "Man Yang 2004" and "Man Yang 208" arrived on scene. At 2.30 p.m. eight crew members returned to the ship to assist the lightering opeation. At 5.05 a.m. lightering of containers started, and at 8.30 a.m. 23 boxes were removed.At 8.30 p.m. the tanker "Pu Yuan 1" arrived on site. At 10.30 p.m. lightering of heavy fuel commenced. On Dec 20 the cargo m/v "Jing Run 168” (IMO-No.: 412767110) was on site. Chinese reports with photos: http://news.hsdhw.com/413873 http://news.hsdhw.com/413899 http://news.hsdhw.com/413962 http://news.hsdhw.com/414564

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