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Local agencies are providing support to the crew of the Hein, which ran aground in Trinidad's waters after its cargo shifted, causing the vessel to destabilise. TV6 News visited the scene on Wednesday. Rynessa Cutting has more.
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00:00Contrary to reports circul
00:04media, there is in fact n
00:07this vessel. The crew has
00:09the hull is completely in
00:12are doing now is simply t
00:15from the ship onto a barge
00:18the vessel. They say that
00:21this process in about 24 h
00:25make the trip back to St.
00:29the ground in Trinidad and
00:31Tobago's waters just off
00:33on Tuesday. The crew of the
00:35Hine cargo vessel, which was
00:37transporting construction
00:39to St. Vincent, is receiving
00:41support from both private and
00:43public local agencies,
00:45including the Maritime Services
00:47division. Once the vessel's
00:49gun is brought above water
00:51level, cargo will be reposition
00:53to the starboard side to
00:55achieve proper trim and balance.
00:57Proactive environmental
00:59information measures are in
01:01place. A local service provider
01:03is engaged to boom around the
01:05vessel as a precautionary
01:07safeguard. At present, there are
01:09no visual indications of oil
01:11or pollution in the surrounding
01:13waters. Local navigational
01:15safety teacher Captain Ronald
01:17Wald gives some insight into
01:19reflow to reflow to the vessel. The vessel
01:23will take some time to offload the
01:25amount of tonnage that's required
01:28to refloat the vessel. They'll be
01:31taking the, I assume they'll be
01:33taking most of the cargo from
01:35the port side. So when the vessel
01:37does refloat, it will become close
01:40to stable, but it won't be leveled. The
01:43ship will need to be towed out. The stern
01:46will need to be pulled out first and
01:50to seaward to clear the rudder and
01:53the propeller from the rocks. A
01:55representative from the Hine told
01:57TV6 News the crew is being ably
02:00supported by the local authorities.
02:02While at sea, we witnessed members
02:04of the Coast Guard transporting
02:06personnel to the vessel. Meantime,
02:08some locals volunteered their vessel
02:10for humanitarian relief. We're just
02:12going to get some food for them and
02:14make sure they're all right. You know,
02:16it's friends. So I want to make sure
02:18they're all right. Food, food and
02:21water. We're just going to help them
02:23out. Yeah, whatever the assistance
02:25they need, you know. That's the only
02:27news, so there we are. While a crisis
02:30was averted this time around,
02:32President of the Maritime Services
02:34Association, Jesse James, is urging
02:37government to put measures in place
02:39to adequately respond to potential oil
02:41spill threats. I know the
02:43threats. I know we do have a plan,
02:46but it's on pen and paper. How well
02:49should this, let's say, for example,
02:51God forbid if this had turned out to be
02:53a real oil spill and a disaster and
02:55whatever, how well are we able to
02:58respond to something like that? And
03:00can we really respond to something like
03:02that? I'm sorry to say, but from
03:04past experience, um, response to oil
03:07spills has not been very good.
03:10President of Fishermen and Friends of the
03:12Sea, Gary Aboud, is expressing relief
03:15that the situation has been contained
03:17after witnessing some hydrocarbons in
03:19the water just after the incident.
03:21However, he's calling for the same
03:23emergency to be brought to the
03:25situation involving the vast number of
03:27vessels which have been abandoned in
03:29TNT's waters. It's a successful operation.
03:34Everything that I think it could be done is being done.
03:37Um, we just had several government agencies
03:40just bought the vessel. There are about 30 workers
03:43on the vessel moving the load, the cranes
03:45are working. So I think this has been a very
03:47positive response. What we're hoping for is that we
03:50can get the same type of attention to the derelict
03:54vessel where the corporate billionaire is throwing waste
04:00oil into the vessel. Um, that to me is a more
04:04serious issue than this one. This one we out of the woods.
04:07Thank God Trinidad and Tobago is safe.
04:10Renasa Cutting, TV6 News.
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