The Transocean Winner has been loaded onto the Hawk semisubmersible heavy lift ship, and is preparing for its journey to Turkey, according to the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).
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The Transocean Winner, from MCA. |
The Hawk has deballasted and the rig is now clear of the water, MCA confirmed today (7 October).
“However, late yesterday (6 October), some leakage was spotted in the water – this is believed to have been a maximum of 50 liters of hydraulic or gear oil,” MCA said. “It’s thought to have come from a damaged part of the rig and appropriate counter-pollution measures were taken.”
Upon further inspection carried out today, MCA’s aircraft surveillance over the Hawk and a wider area across Broad Bay found no further oil.
The MCA said that preparations are being made today to start the sea fastening operations. Assessment of the damage has also started, and other work is starting to prepare the Hawk for her passage to Malta. This could take four or five days to be completed.
“We’re so grateful to the community in the area for being so supportive from the time the rig first grounded in August right through this long process,” Hugh Shaw, Secretary of State’s Representative Maritime and Salvage Intervention said.
The Transocean Winner was grounded at Dalmore Bay on the Isle of Lewis on 8 August after parting from the tug Alp Forward that was towing it from Stavanger to Malta ran into high winds. It was later moved to Broad Bay, on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, where it was secured using eight anchors.
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