Bidding process has ended to remove a grounded cargo ship in Lark Harbour

English says nearly 1800 cubic metres have been safely removed from the vessel, hoover, there are over 60 containers still onboard.

A number of international salvage companies have bid on the job of removing a grounded cargo ship in Lark Harbour. The MSC Baltic III ran into the rocks in an area known as Cedar Cove on February 15th last year after losing power. The Coast Guard set up an Incident Command Post since the grounding, and weather permitting, they continue checking for environmental damage and structural changes with the ship. Bruce English says yesterday, the insurance company on site, ABL, closed the bidding process for the work. He says they’ll review proposals over the next couple of weeks and determine whether it will be by sea or by land or a combination of both to remove it from the cove.  

English says logistics will be a big part of the process with getting accommodations for people, boats, as well as permission and approvals. He says the physical work might start in April or whenever the weather is appropriate to get onboard. 

English says it’s been one storm after the other since November and while the vessel has a lot of damage, there’s a lot of steel holding it together. He says it’s more listed now further along the stern towards the port side and buckling has increased in the plating along both sides of the port. English says crews were onboard yesterday working on getting a crane hooked up to a generator. 

English says nearly 1800 cubic metres have been safely removed from the vessel, hoover, there are over 60 containers still onboard.