JETTE SAJ

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Crane operator trapped in sinking dredger

The "Jette Saj" capsized and sank in on Jan 10, 2013, around 6 p.m. at Lindø while being about to unload a cargo of sludge. A crane operator on the dredger escaped from drowning when the ship capsized off the former Odense Steel Shipyard. The master escaped from the wheelhouse and was able to climb onto the hull, but the crane operator was trapped in his glass cage, which submerged. He got out by smashing a window and dived to the surface. Both were taken to the Odense Hospital. The sheerleg "Samson" was called from has Aarhus to raise the wreck on Jan 11. The partially submerged ship was boomed off, as it contained 8000 liters of diesel oil and a few hundred liters of lubricating and hydraulic oil, of which some amounts leaked. The Emergency Management Agency of South Jutland was called to contain the oil spill. The salvage operation took place without further leakage of oil. The wreck was surfaced next to Nordfyn, so it must be dragged through the gap to the yard at Lindø. Danish report with photos: http://www.maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=17174