Steel From The New Carissa Sent To The Recyclers
by Ashley Schiller
Published on July 7th, 2008
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Piece by piece, the steel of the wrecked 639-foot cargo ship, the New Carissa, is being removed from an Oregon beach and sent to a recycling center, reports The World newspaper.
Taking on the giant task is Titan Salvage, a worldwide ship wreck removal company. The ship must be taken apart in slabs, and it’s not an easy process. On July 2, the crew set out to extract the New Carissa’s crane, which was so stuck in the sand that a diver had to go underwater to cut off the piece with a torch. It was about 12 feet long and weighed 6,000 pounds.
The crew is expected to make three more trips and will remove as much of the ship as possible.
The New Carissa ran aground on February 4, 1999, during intense weather conditions. It leaked 70,000 gallons of oil. Much of the ship has been dragged out to sea and sunk, but two large parts of the stern remain on the beach.
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