Angel 1: There Are a Ton of Rice to Be Removed to Complete the Salvage Operations

Once again, the bailout of a Panamanian cargo ship off the coast of Angel Poudre-d'Or just be delayed. Contrary to the hopes the Mauritian authorities, the ship can not be extracted from the surf off the village to the north of Mauritius as next weekend, 1 000 additional tons of rice to be removed from the holds.

Since Sunday, November 6, tugs Mahanuwara Fos and Coral Sea had begun to try to take the ship out to sea but it has only rotate on the spot. It turned out, according to calculations by the Greek engineer firm hired for the operation, the ship must be more relieved.

To date, about 32,000 tons of rice aboard the freighter, 9600 tons have already been removed. Besides the 400 tons of fuel. At Thursday, November 17, the Bee River has been called on to remove 294 tonnes of rice.

As soon as the 1 000 tons removed, the Angel 1 will be drawn 6 nautical miles from the East Coast for preliminary repairs to the hull. If ever things go wrong, the ship will sink so by 4000 meters.

The Angel ended up on a surf Poudre-d'Or at 2.7 nautical miles from shore, on the night of Friday, August 5 while en route to Ivory Coast. An engine failure forced him to approach the coast and it is only Monday, August 8 that the captain realized the seriousness of the problem.

The propellers were damaged and the engine room was under eight feet of water. Then a team of Greek salvage company was dispatched to the island.