A2SEA Jack-Up Capsizes Off Denmark
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Thursday, February 4, 2016
A2SEA has announced that wind turbine installation vessel has capsized off the Danish coast due to harsh weather on Wednesday.
It has gone from bad to worse for A2SEA-vessel Sea Worker. A week ago, jumped tethers during a towing of the 1,800-ton jack-up barge from Frederikshavn to Esbjerg, which meant that the crew had to be evacuated and the barge run aground.
But the night of Wednesday got violent storm on the West Coast vessel to capsize, and now there are fears of a major oil leak.
However the company statement says: "During the morning, no pollution has been detected from the vessel."
Sea Worker will be removed as soon as the weather allows.
A special operations team and vessels ESVAGT CONNECTOR and EMILE ROBIN are onsite closely following the situation. Moreover, environmental vessel GUNNAR SEIDENFADEN is on call in the Port of Hvide Sande ready to respond if any development occurs.
It is unclear if the current capsizing is at all related to last week’s grounding.