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Mangalore, Nov. 12

The Netherlands-based salvage team, Svitzer – which has been entrusted with the task of removing oil from the sunken ship m.v. Denden — has completed the preliminary survey of the ship.

The UAE-bound cargo ship carrying furnace slag sank near Tannirbavi beach off Mangalore coast on June 23.

The team will be using the services of the offshore supply vessel – Tug Al Haml – for removing oil from the sunken ship. Work on removing oil from the ship is likely to begin soon.

The Deputy Conservator of the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), Capt K.V. Vaswani, said that preliminary survey for removing oil from m.v. Denden has been completed.

Oil from the sunken ship to Tug Al Haml will be transferred using the ‘hot tap’ method.

This method involves making a connection through the ship’s hull by puncturing it to extract liquids by means of pipes from the board of the ship.

As many as 15 locations have been identified on the sunken ship to make connections.

Three oil tankers have been placed on board the Tug Al Haml to collect oil from the sunken ship, he added.

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