Salvage salmon fish feed barge at Skye Island
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A fish feed barge supplying pellet food to the salmon farm in Portree Harbour, Skye Island sank during a storm. It had 400Mt of feed on board in a water depth of ~35m.
A muddy
salvage operation
December 30, 2022 — During the preparation campaign, Marine Masters installed lift rigging through the mooring tubes of the barge from a locally sourced multicat. A challenging operation as the barge sank into the muddy seabed.
The lift rigging was to be pulled through 5m of clay before it was in position. Additionally, the feed on board the barge was starting to decay resulting in toxic and explosive gasses on site.
Subsequently, we mobilized a 1800Mt sheerleg from the Netherlands that lifted the 1000Mt heavy feed barge out of the seabed upon surfacing of its main deck. The seawater and toxic feed were then pumped into a tanker after which the local authorities granted permission to beach the feed barge for further disposal.
Marine Masters acted as the main contractor performing all the engineering in house and managing the complete salvage operation.
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