Tristan : Tristan faces cargo complications due to the collapse of the islands main lifting crane
Submitted by Tristan Times (Sarah Glass) 22.04.2008 (Article Archived on 06.05.2008)
The MV Edinburgh is due to depart Cape Town on Thursday the 24th April although she had to leave behind some bulk cargo, because she would not be able to discharge it at Tristan.
Photo (c) James Glass (Tristan Times)
Tristan faces cargo complications due to the collapse of the islands main lifting crane
The MV Edinburgh is due to depart Cape Town on Thursday the 24th April although she had to leave behind some bulk cargo, because she would not be able to discharge at Tristan.
Photo (c) James Glass (Tristan Times)
The Collapsed crane is needed to lift heavy cargo.
On Friday 11th April, the islands heavy duty crane's boom collapsed onto the housing, and was instantly a write off. This means no heavy cargo can be lifted onshore. This is a huge setback, as the Government was hoping that the present crane could be used to build the new one (for which funding for a replacement is secured) when it eventually gets to Tristan. The question now being asked by the islanders is how do they get it ashore, when the Islands 20mt barge Atlantic Isle cannot be lifted in the water, and nothing can be lifted out including the new crane.
This is a also a setback for the rebuilding of the fish factory (that burnt down on the 13th February) as nothing heavier than 4mt can be landed, in the islands two smaller barges, just as well it didn’t happen before the island received its new generator. They say things happen in threes; first the fish factory burns down, next the islands main crane collapse, what’s next for Tristan.
Sarah Glass
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