Liebherr LR 1750 on the withdrawal of fishing 'Motxo'
- Involved Cranes: Liebherr LR 1750
- Crane spent 40 minutes in raising the fish from the rocks of tidal rasa to the esplanade where it will be exploded.
- The ship weighed 184 tons and not 120 as was thought at first. However, the crane had been prepared to lift 250 tons.
The move to withdraw fishing flysch rocks Deba was a real spectacle. As predicted in the field who understand the crane had no difficulty raising the 184 tons of 'Motxo'. It was a slow but steady lifting. Walk to work, institutional representatives closely followed the developments of the maneuver. In addition, the weather helped. Just blew the wind and no rain during the period of the work.
On the spot, the engineer of the operation, Kepa Kruzeta, and Patxi Usabiaga oversaw each of the movements. The ship was from the subject yesterday by four nylon slings, two fore and aft so many
- Video of the Journal published by Basque opreación.
The 'Motxo' ran aground on the morning of November 4 between Zumaia and Deba. He has been over a month on the mainland. The ship, based at the port of Bermeo, targeted, secured by members of his crew to the port of Pasajes after a night at sea. According to the testimony of the employer, that night they were hit by the waves. The ship hit the rocks with his helmet and then was hit by several waves, one of which was that the network had been on the cover fall into the sea with such bad luck that ended up wrapped around the propeller. Arrantzales nine people on board were rescued by helicopter.
The next day was floated out a maneuver that proved a failure. The tug pulling the fishing just got the 'Motxo' overturn. The water entered the holds and all hopes of recovering the ship vanished.
Most of the 13,000 liters of diesel fuel in tanks that had flowed to the sea in an area of geological and environmental value such as flysch biotope. Therefore, the owners urged those in authority to draw up an early retirement plan for the boat.
In the first meetings that the owners of fishing held with concerned government proposed the scrapping of the wreck in the same rocks. However, the proposal was unsuccessful. In the end, it was decided that the boat was hoisted by a crane flysch.
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