Salvage of the ANNA BROERE 

"Working at sea is often much more difficult than working on land" A pearl of wisdom from Captain Obvious.

Much respect to the salvagers such brave strong men may they never be forgotten

How very common that we go along with our lives and not know anything of the heroism of these professionals and the many sacrifices they make. True enough, they are well compensated for their work, but it takes a special dedication to do this sort of work year after year. A most heartfelt Thank You to them all.

My father was on the sister ship Elizabeth Broere next to the Anna Broere when it was salvaged. Their task was to pump over the remaining chemicals from the Anna Broere. The 1st officer was stuck in the bridge and Chief Engineer were still in the ship. I remember my dad was assigned to releave the Chief Engineering the weekend after this happened so it could have been him! I have a lot of photos of the salvation, newspapercuttings and even the original drawings of the ship. In all honesty, since it has been so many years later, my dad once said the hole in hull was so big there was nothing left but seawater. So we did not eat fish from the North Sea that year. The front of the ship was sold off and re-used.

Not a lot or any mention of the super hard and most dangerous job the divers did who did all the underwater rigging and cutting . Must have been nuts !

These owners need to be sued out of business, never to return. Everything that they own should go to the clean up and any future issues these wrecks cause.

I feel that the responsibility lies squarely on the providers of cargo containers and of the chemical companies who must ensure that the dangerous contents are encased to withstand such accidents.

Why does the mention get made that the owner renounced responsibility, was it because the other ship caused the collision and they felt they should be the ones who pay? If so why did the government pay the 30 million?

So how do the owner/operators just walk away from responsibility?

I like to watch the process. These end up being a montage with music. Not enough time given to do it justice

Chemical dispersment back then was a waste of time and nothing but a media hype!

a good video indeed.

When the combined value of the ship and the cargo is estimated to be less than salvage costs owners simply declare the ship and her cargo as total loss and walk away. Unlike ship's own fuel or oil products as cargo, chemical cargoes are not subject to international conventions such as CLC or Bunker-CLC.

Photographed this ship and others belonging to her Dutch company,one that is well respected.

The Dutch government sent men dressed in black BDUs and balaclava covered faces to visit the owners.

I'm not a knowledgeable person in maritime laws and protocols, but how do collisions at sea happen? Is the nobody in the bridge and the ship is on auto pilot or something? Is it road rage at sea? When two massive or any size ships are close by one another I would think they both would cut power and steer clear of one another. We know it takes forever for them to stop but there's this thing called radar that indicates other vessels in the area.

Good job

Don't see why the clean up costs are allocated to the idiots who caused the collision in the first place! The only part where governments should get involved is to compel that suitable insurance is carried whilst at see with this cargo.

Nice way to protect against poison chemicals,with friggin duct tape,ffs super safe.that wheel house damage was impact into the bottom.

I agree that the cost should be deferred internationally . I all so think that in instances of gross negligence that the death penalty should be used on these fat cats who always seem to get away with polluting a huge part of the environment.

What a terrible avoidable mess.

well I hope they changed things so you cant carry more than a small amount per ship and made the containers it goes in indestructible Just like they say the ships are ...

Back then on theese away missions, no hardhats where needed.

@constitutionalUSA - they did not. And the coxswain on the bridge paid the highest price - he lost his life in the accident.

Too much on the safety stuff and moralizing, hardly anything on the salvage.

So the Dutch cityzen did pay the bill ?

And the UK, a once maritime nation, what does it do to patrol its shores?

Who payed?

So everytime this happens, the oceans are being more and more a poisonous Soup, outrageous that poison is being transported all over the oceans on a daily basis : "this cant be avoided"!

Dangerours or what

Pol

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