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Former ferry sank after salvage from reef
The "Raana", which had run onto the Brakan reef west of Hestskjæret off Averøy in the early morning of Apr 17, sank while being towed into Kristiansund in the Bremsnesfjord just outside the port. The "Waterbjørn" and the "Waterchief" of the Taubåtservice jointly with the owner and the "Erik Bye" of the NSSR had worked on the salvage, also the Coastguard tug "Boa Heimdal" atttended. The ship was pulled off the reef, but had taken on a lot of water. A pump was able to cope with the flooding until a bulkhead failed. The runner crew of three on board, among them the owner and one salvor, was saved by the "Waterbjørn" shortly before the "Raana" capsized and sank within three minutes at 2.43 p.m. on a water depth of 100 meters. The former ferry had been sold by the Akva Sjøservice AS to the Optiship AS on Apr 15, and it was the first trip with the new owner during which it ran aground transiting the Namsenfjord for ist future use as a service ship. The "Boa Heimdal" cleaned up debris, oil drums , etc., and has laid out absorbent booms to boom off an oil film that has spread on the water. However, there was no greater risk of Pollution. At 7 p.m. the tug Crew was in the process of completing the work. Norwegian reports with photos and videos: http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/17/nyheter/redningsaksjon/innenriks/more-og-romsdal/5513463 http://www.tk.no/nyheter/article7302946.ece http://www.rbnett.no/nyheter/article9526739.ece
Converted ferry ran onto rocks and was abandoned
The "Raana" ran aground on Braken rocks at Hestskjæret Fire in the Averøy municipality in Møre/Romsdal. in the night of Apr 17, 2014. The MRCC Southern Norway was alerted at 1.50 a.m. by Florø Radio, and the lifeboat "Erik Bye" was dispatched to save the crew of four. The former ferry was hard agroundon rocks in rough conditions, but the castaways could be taken off uninjured. The "Raana" had come from Namsos and previously had bunkered fuel in Kristiansund and was heading towards Bømlo when it got stuck. Some diesel was spilt from the vessel, the spill stretched a few kilometers northeast of the grounding site. Norwegian reports with photos: http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/skipsfart/ombygd-ferge-paa-grunn-ved-hestskjaeret-fyr/a/10139467/ http://www.h-avis.no/nyheter/brastopp-pa-vei-til-bomlo-1.8386841 http://www.rbnett.no/nyheter/article9525135.ece#4
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