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Owner of ship that ran aground could face huge financial claims
The claims for compensation faced by the owner of a container ship that ran aground off Taiwan's northern coast earlier this year could set a record high, the Fisheries Agency said Friday. Shortly after the ship, the "T.S. TAIPEI" (德翔台北) of T.S. Lines Co. ran aground off Shimen, New Taipei on March 10, it cracked and eventually broke into two, leaking heavy oil and fuel into the sea. The agency commissioned two National Taiwan Ocean University professors -- Cheng Sha-yen and Ou Ching-hsiewn -- to assess the scope of the damage the leak caused to marine life and fishermen. Cheng said their study found that over 40 percent of fish larvae in the surrounding waters were gone and that the losses and cost of rehabilitating the waters could be in the tens of millions of Taiwan dollars. The agency will now convene a meeting to confirm the contents of the scholars' reports, and estimated that the compensation requested could end up at over NT$100 million. The fishermen's losses will be divided into direct and indirect losses, the agency said, noting that it has received reports of roughly NT$6 million in damage to fishing equipment or fishing boats from 42 fishing vessels. The agency said that Taiwan has asked for compensation from ships on several occasions, including from the Amorgos, a Greek freighter that ran aground in waters near the Lungken Eco-protection Area preservation area in Kenting National Park. The Environmental Protection Administration filed for compensation from the owners of the ship in that case, and the two sides reached a US$1.05 million settlement. Fisheries Agency section chief Shih Chun-yi said oil typically leaks from ships quickly and in large volumes, but in this case, the oil from the T.S. Taipei seeped out slowly, forcing authorities to expend substantial resources and manpower on the clean-up, resulting in the decimation of the fish larvae. "If there are no fish larvae, how can we have adult fish?" he lamented, adding that the "ecological losses are hard to calculate." Source : focustaiwan
TS Taipei block on fire at CSBC
A fire has broken out yesterday on a ship block at Taiwan’s CSBC’s Keelung yard during the dismantling of containership TS Taipei. Local fire brigade deployed a freighting team and the shipyard also deployed several firefighting ships and managed to put out the fire within a few hours. No casualty were reported.
Foreship towed to Keelung
The front section of the "TS Taipei" was towed away from the grounding site in the afternoon of Aug 7, 2016, and was moored outside Keelung Port for the night before it could be moved into the port with a suitable tide. Photos and video: https://felixstowedocker.blogspot.de/2016/08/ts-taipei-wreck-removed-from-shimen-reef.html https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/video-smit-salvage-removes-the-ts-taipei#gs.NjVGXvE
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