The Eihatsu Maru was successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities yesterday. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel.
Eyewitness News’s Aletta Gardner was on hand to record the moment life along Victoria Road returned to normal.
The Eihatsu Maru has been successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities today. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel that ran aground last Saturday morning in thick fog.
It brings to a close an agonising six days of salvage attempts by officials, who twice previously failed to remove the stricken vessel.