“It is done”, released on the night the ship Sigma stranded in Livorno – Video – Il Tirreno

LEGHORN. It was a race against time with a happy ending, because the weather alert announced from 12 to Monday 16 may be very difficult, but after a day of preparation and attempts, shortly before midnight was disincagliata the ship Sigma, the freighter flying the liberian flag next that Friday morning had gone to run aground on the coast of livorno.

Livorno, the ship disincagliata in the night. Nogarin: “nice work” Has been disincagliata just after midnight on Monday the 16th the boat “Sigma”, the cargo of 128 metres, flying the Liberian flag next to more than 6,500 tons, with 18 people on board, on Friday, it was aground in front of the beach of the “Three bridges” in the district of Ardenza in Livorno. The operations, coordinated by the harbour master of Livorno, you are carried out with the aid of a tugboat of the group of Blacks that, through a tow of steel dragged the ship the Sigma in deep-water disincagliando cos the hull. The satisfaction of the mayor Filippo Nogarin (video Repetti / Pentafoto)

he arrived a few meters from the shore in the area of the Seagull and the Three Bridges, in the heart of the city’s seafront.
In the general headquarters of the harbour office there is a satisfaction to be able to hit the target before the weather conditions rischiassero to become problematic, as announced by the alert. Now is there anyway to accomplish the towing of the ship will be transported to the port of Livorno to carry out checks on the condition of the hull, and eventually to the repairs that are necessary.

“It went well, and it is a sigh of relief because now the weather forecasts say that we will have two days of bad weather,” says the mayor of Livorno Filippo Nogarin while in a night in the freezing to the Three Bridges parade the cargo to the off: “We had a bit of luck, but I have to say that there is to thank the many people who have given everything to avoid that this ship aground to become a big problem for our city”.