New attempt to load Galway ferries
Updated: 10:25, Wednesday, 20 April 2011
A fresh attempt is being made this morning to move two Aran Island ferries that have been at the centre of a series of incidents in Galway Harbour.
A fresh attempt is being made this morning to move two Aran Island ferries that have been at the centre of a series of incidents in Galway Harbour.
The boats are to be transported to Mauritius on board the 7,000-tonne Danish registered cargo ship, the Thor Gitta.
Two attempts to load them onto the deck of the ship have been unsuccessful.
On the first attempt three men were injured when a sling broke as one of the ferries was being hoisted. It fell 12m back into the sea.
The second attempt to lift the ferries was abandoned when an alarm on the Thor Gitta's lifting crane went off.
A previous attempt to transport the ferries to Mauritius had to be abandoned when another freighter, the Pantanal, ran aground and was holed during a storm at Rossaveal.
This morning, the two ferries were brought alongside the Thor Gitta.
Galway Harbour Master Brian Sheridan said the latest attempt to load them will get under way about 11am.
from rte.ie
Updated: 10:25, Wednesday, 20 April 2011
A fresh attempt is being made this morning to move two Aran Island ferries that have been at the centre of a series of incidents in Galway Harbour.
A fresh attempt is being made this morning to move two Aran Island ferries that have been at the centre of a series of incidents in Galway Harbour.
The boats are to be transported to Mauritius on board the 7,000-tonne Danish registered cargo ship, the Thor Gitta.
Two attempts to load them onto the deck of the ship have been unsuccessful.
On the first attempt three men were injured when a sling broke as one of the ferries was being hoisted. It fell 12m back into the sea.
The second attempt to lift the ferries was abandoned when an alarm on the Thor Gitta's lifting crane went off.
A previous attempt to transport the ferries to Mauritius had to be abandoned when another freighter, the Pantanal, ran aground and was holed during a storm at Rossaveal.
This morning, the two ferries were brought alongside the Thor Gitta.
Galway Harbour Master Brian Sheridan said the latest attempt to load them will get under way about 11am.
from rte.ie
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