Rough Weather Hampers Response to Grounded Bulker on Sakhalin

Rough winter weather continues to hamper the response to the grounding of a Chinese bulker just off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, and salvors are awaiting better conditions to inspect the wave-battered seaward side of the vessel. 

Last weekend, the 56,000 dwt bulker An Yang 2 grounded near the port of Nevelsk, on the southwestern end of Sakhalin. The vessel’s port side is exposed to the surf, and Russia’s Marine Rescue Service (Morspas) says that it has not yet been able to reach it to complete a dive inspection. 

The deputy director of Morspas’ Sakhalin branch, Alexander Dre…