Lifting of ferry begins
NZPA-Retuer Zeebrugge Salvage workers yesterday began the mammoth task of righting the capsized car ferry Herald of Free Enterprise which lies wrecked off the Belgian coast. Shortly before high tide, in perfect weather, two powerful barges started to haul the vessel slowly upright from its resting place on its side about
I.skm outside Zeebrugge Harbour.
The huge task to right the 7951-tonne vessel, the culmination of a month of virtually non-stop preparation, was expected to last about six hours. Salvage workers have fixed nets round the ship to prevent bodies and debris, including drums of toxic chemicals carried by trucks aboard the doomed ship, from float-
ing away. Once the ship is upright, salvage workers will begin clearing debris and bodies from the upper decks and Belgian Navy divers will start searching decks still under water for more bodies. The slow process of pumping out and refloating the wreck, expected to take another two weeks, will then begin.
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