Atlantic Towage & Marine refloat French trawler

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Atlantic Towage & Marine were tasked in refloating a French fishing vessel at Castletownbere in late November. The 22m vessel MFV Bara Brenn was attempting to navigate the channel leaving the harbour when she ran aground.  The incident happened approximately 300 metres from the quay at Dinish Island. It was established that there was no immediate danger to either the crew or the vessel, and a decision was made to refloat the vessel at the next high tide, which was due in the early hours of the following day. The Oceanbank was used in the operation, and the Barra Brenn was successfully refloated just after midnight. The vessel then made…

January 24, 2013

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Atlantic Towage & Marine raise fishing boat

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  Atlantic Towage & Marine were recently contracted by the insurers to raise  a sunken fishing boat outside Cork Harbour. They were assisted by personnel from Blue Ocean Marine. The  Peggy M, a Cygnus 38 class boat with one crewmember onboard was out fishing in late November, when a call was made to Valentia Coastguard that the vessel was in distress.  The fisherman managed to launch an onboard lifeboat and was picked up by the Ballycotton lifeboat.  The Peggy M sank soon afterwards. Using the tug Oceanbank, Atlantic Towage & Marine raised the vessel to the surface using inflatable marine salvage airbags, and its onboard deck crane.  Once raised the…

January 24, 2013

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