The Tricolor, a 50,000-ton cargo vessel carrying 3000 automobiles worth more than $40 million, is being raised. Cost to raise the
Tricolor: $40 million. It sunk, then was
hit three times, once by the Nicola, then by the
Vicky (an oil tanker which spilled some, and killed
marine life), then by a salvage tug. Good
summary of the collisions in Dutch and English, with photos (similarly in
French). Official
press briefings offer good outline of all stages since the beginning. The automobile manufacturers
tried to prevent pictures being taken of the destroyed automobiles, but
there they are and
even more and better. The
official Tricolor salvage site offers a PDF file on
how the salvage is being done: in part, with a huge cutting wire.
posted by Mo Nickels
on Aug 8, 2003 -
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