WEST EMINENCE

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WEST EMIMENCE beached

West Eminence- IMO 8768438 Beached at Aliaga 02/2022 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158784252440036&set=gm.10161154135748943

Rig hit by rig

In the night of Feb 28, 2018, at 11.50 p.m. the container ship "Spica" (IMO: 9083043), and the "West Eminence" hit by an the "West Taurus" in the port of Tenerife after the rig broke lose from its mooring due to the strong wind during the passage of the storm Emma. The oil platform which was moored in the Eastern Basin went adrift after a bollard broke out and breached the "Spica" which was berthed at the TCT Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife since Feb 28, having arrived from Las Palmas, and which suffered severe water ingress and causing a water level of three meters inside the cargo hold. Seven bilge pumps were supplied from the ships of Salvamento Maritimó, the Civil Guard, the fire brigade and the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Divers of the Servicios Marinos del Atlántico welded the breach which had a length of about 0,4 meters in the hull of the ship underneath the waterline which could be patched at 5:30 a.m. on March 1, thus stabilizing the situation. No oil spill was reported. The oil rig could be moored at the TCT Terminal de Contenedores too. Spanish reports with photos and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G1Co2-950M&feature=youtu.be http://www.laopinion.es/tenerife/2018/03/01/controlada-via-agua-portacontenedores-atracado/855579.html http://www.abc.es/espana/canarias/abci-doble-casco-buque-salva-tenerife-catastrofe-ecologica-201803011135_noticia.html https://diariodeavisos.elespanol.com/2018/03/asi-impacto-una-plataforma-petrolifera-contra-un-portacontenedores-en-tenerife/