Sandy Point salvage completed
GULFPORT -- Omega Protein Inc.’s wrecked Sandy Point pogy boat has been salvaged from the Mississippi Sound and now sits in two pieces at the state port.
Contractor Inland Salvage Inc. finished bringing ashore the 163-foot boat on Monday. Inland cut the 163-foot boat in half to pull it from the water because it was too badly damaged to salvage in one piece, according to the Coast Guard. Inland used A-frame derrick barges to raise the bow section June 12. The stern section was raised in the same fashion. It arrived ashore Monday afternoon, bringing the salvage operation to a close.
The Sandy Point and the Eurus London, a 660-foot container ship outbound from the port with a load of bananas, collided the night of May 18. The Sandy Point was headed to Omega Protein Inc.’s Moss Point plant with a load of menhaden. Three Omega employees died in the accident, while 13 others were rescued.
The Coast Guard plans to determine whether the Sandy Point suffered any mechanical or engine problems that contributed to the accident. No details about the investigation will be released until it is completed.
The widow of one crew member who drowned aboard the Sandy Point, Thomas Moore, is suing both Omega and Eurus London owners for damages in U.S. District Court. Under Maritime Law, Omega has filed to limit any damages to the scrap value of the Sandy Point, which it estimates to be $50,000. Omega also has denied any wrongdoing in the accident.
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Both the stern and bow sections have been brought to the Port of Gulfport, where they are secured at the south end of the west pier. The Coast Guard plans to determine whether the Sandy Point suffered any mechanical or engine problems that contributed
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