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2008 March 31   08:50

Grounded Sakhalin refrigerator Kurilsk brought afloat

The operation to bring afloat the Sakhalin transport refrigerator Kurilsk that ran aground in the Avacha Bay during a storm on February 28 has been completed on Kamchatka, a duty officer of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry’s main department for the Kamchatka territory told Itar-Tass.

The vessel was moved to the open sea on Sunday. The crew of 12 are feeling well. The ship is in working order.

The Kurilsk ran aground together with another Sakhalin trawler – the Korsar. The second vessel with 10 crewmembers was brought afloat on March 26. Both ships were detained for the violation of fishing rules and are now staying in the Avacha Bay under arrest.

The operation to get them afloat was dragged out due to heavy storms raging near the Kamchatka coat in late February – early March. Then rescuers had to wash out the soil from under the ships’ bodies to bring them afloat.

All the time when the vessels were aground their crews remained aboard. The situation was controlled by the Emergencies Ministry. Communication was maintained with the ships all the time. There was no threat to the environment of the bay on the shore of which Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is located.

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