A2SEA Jack-Up Capsizes Off Denmark

A2SEA Jack-Up Capsizes Off Denmark

Sea Worker jack-up. File photo: A2SEA

An offshore wind farm jack-up barge has capsized off the coast of Denmark one week after running aground in a separate incident.

A2SEA has confirmed that its jack-up Sea Worker capsized overnight Tuesday due to harsh weather. As of Wednesday morning no pollution had been detected from the vessel.

The offshore wind service provider said focus remains on preventing any oils or fuels from leaking from the vessel. The company has the vessels Esvagt Connector and Emile Robin on-site and following the situation. Also the pollution control vessel Gunnar Seidenfaden is on standby in the Port of Hvide Sande and ready to respond if needed.

A2SEA added that the next step is the removal of all oil and fuels from the jack-up as soon as weather permits.

The capsizing comes exactly one week after the Sea Worker ( A offshore wind farm jack-up barge has grounded in the North Sea off Denmark after its tow line parted in heavy weather.

Offshore wind market service provider A2SEA has confirmed that its jack-up barge Sea Worker ran aground early Wednesday morning off the coast of Nymindegab, south of Hvide Sande in Denmark.

The jack-up broke free from its tug in heavy weather during a transit to Esbjerg and began drifting towards shore.

All crew members onboard were evacuated by a lifeboat from Hvide Sande prior to grounding. No injuries were reported.

Sea Worker is a modern jack-up barge specially equipped to operate in the offshore wind sector, according to A2SEA’s website.),ran aground off the coast of Nymindegab, south of Hvide Sande, after breaking free from a tug during a transit to Esbjerg. In that incident, all workers were were evacuated by a lifeboat without injury.

It is unclear if today’s capsizing is at all related to last week’s grounding. 

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In a moment awaited by rescuers and families of the victims, cranes on barges pulled the iron chains attached to the overturned vessel and lifted upright the multi-decked, 251-foot (77-meter) -long ship.

It revealed top-deck cabins with smashed blue roofs jutting out of the river. Much of the water had to be drained from the wreckage and part of it is still submerged.

From the embankment of the Yangtze and nearby boats and barges, rescue workers in multi-color uniforms watched intently as the ship was being turned upright. After days and nights of diving under the wreckage and drilling holes into the hull in search of the missing, turning the ship back up will make the work easier.

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While 32 people were declared dead in the wake of the tragedy last year, two of those passengers were actually unaccounted for.

It was hoped that they would be found once the ship was refloated and it seems as if this is the case. According to reports, remains were discovered that are consistent with the victims whose bodies were never recovered.

They won't know for sure until DNA testing has been carried out, however.

ABC news reports that Franco Gabrielli, head of the civil protection agency in Italy, said recovering the bodies after they had spent 20 months under the weight of the 114,500-tonne vessel was "almost a miracle".

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