Wreck of Nor­th­gui­der remo­ved

The wreck of the Nor­th­gui­der is now com­ple­te­ly remo­ved from Hin­lo­pen Strait.

The shrimp traw­ler ran ground in Hin­lo­pen, very clo­se to the coast of Nord­aus­t­land, in late Decem­ber 2018. The crew could be res­cued by heli­co­p­ter in a dra­ma­tic ope­ra­ti­on in very cold and stor­my con­di­ti­ons and com­ple­te darkness. Later, envi­ron­ment­al­ly dan­ge­rous mate­ri­als inclu­ding fuels and lub­ri­ca­ti­on oils, paints, electri­cal equip­ment and fishing gear could be remo­ved.

The wreck of the ship traw­ler Nor­th­gui­der and sal­va­ge ves­sels
in August 2019 in Hin­lo­pen.

It was plan­ned to remo­ve the wreck during the sum­mer of 2019, but dif­fi­cult ice con­di­ti­ons delay­ed the ope­ra­ti­on and then it tur­ned out that the wreck could not be remo­ved in one pie­ce becau­se it was too hea­vi­ly dama­ged.

Now the Nor­th­gui­der has been cut into several smal­ler pie­ces which could be taken to Nor­way. Divers con­fir­med that no wre­cka­ge is left on the sea flour eit­her, accord­ing to the Sys­sel­man­nen.

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