DECEMBER 2022 | NEWS
AAL SALVAGE OPERATION REMOVES TWO TUGS FROM THE MERSEY RIVER, TASMANIA
A
AL Shipping (AAL) has undertaken a salvage operation to remove two tugs from the Mersey River
in Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania that had been sunk by a cement carrier in January. Chosen for the job was the 31,000DWT 700 ton heavy lift vessel, the AAL Melbourne, and involved the lifting
of the tugs and their onward shipment along the East Coast to Brisbane. New South Wales based emergency
response, salvage and environmental support specialist, United Salvage, engaged AAL to supply a vessel from its longstanding ‘Asia to Australia East Coast Liner Service’. The first tug, the 420 ton York Cove, was pulled out of the Mersey on August
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7, by the AAL Melbourne using her two port-mounted cranes working in tandem – the tug having had large holes cut into her hull to allow trapped water and sediment to drain.
The second tug, the 455 ton Campbell
Cove, was recovered and loaded onto the AAL Melbourne a few days later. Both tugs were securely lashed to the weather deck of the ‘mega size’ vessel
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