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Florida-based Resolve Marine Group, which has worked on multiple wrecks and cleanups including the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico was called in earlier this year to assess the MV Schiedyk and will now start pumping out its fuel tanks.
Resolve Marine will use a technique called hot tapping to reduce the volume of fuel in the tanks.
The company plans to drill a hole in the fuel tank from the outside, attach a drainage valve and then pump the fuel out of the tank through a hose attached to the valve.
The assessment of the MV Schiedyk found two tanks containing heavy fuel oil one with marine diesel oil and the other containing mixed oil products.
VICTORIA Work on a shipwreck off Vancouver Island that was found to be leaking oil late last year is officially underway. The MV Schiedyk sank in the waters of Nootka Sound near Bligh Island in 1968. Reports from the time of the sinking indicate oil was released for several weeks after the sinking. In December 2020, it was discovered that the wreck was releasing bunker oil from a depth of approximately 400 feet on the east side of the island. After determining the site of the wreck was clear of debris that could hamper the salvage operation, a team of 25 technicians from Florida-based Resolve Marine Group completed the initial survey of the ship. Using a “remote operated vehicle” (ROV), the assessment included capturing clear images of the hull and testing its thickness.
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