It’s been about a month and a half since the Eihatsu Maru ran aground in Clifton. Amongst all the questions and mysteries surrounding the entire incident, one of the most prominent was: “Who’s going to be paying for all this?” The unexpected answer is that the ship’s owner has actually made an offer to the salvagers – who would have thought it?
Those of you living on in the real world would have been vaguely aware of a Japanese fishing vessel, the Eihatsu Maru, parked on South Africa’s fair shores in the last two weeks.What you might not have thought about in the ensuing drama was the incredible job that the crew of the SMIT Amandla tug […]
2oceansViber, Rory Allen, spent four days last week documenting the Eihatsu Maru as it lay stranded on Clifton’s First Beach. He’s put together an amazing time lapse of events as they unfolded.
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.
Things have been moving at a rapid pace. Just as we recovered from the news of the Clifton Trawler pizza delivery making the London Metro newspaper (here), we get hit with an escalation in their fame – that they have now made the Wall Street Journal (here)! The Butler’s Pizza delivery men are fast becoming […]
Unbelievable. These were sent in by 2oceansviber, Martin G. Check these out!
It’s taken long enough for Japanese officials to step up to the plate and offer South African Authorities their assurances that they will do everything they can to locate the stricken vessel’s owner. After a slight mishap overnight, Samsa confirmed to 2oceansVibe a little while ago that salvage experts were putting the finishing touches together for an operation at lunchtime today.
Tugboats tried again yesterday to pull free Eihatsu Maru, the Japanese trawler stranded on Clifton beach in Cape Town. The rope snapped – just as it did yesterday – and it occurred to all at 2oceansvibe Media, that the crew (and dog) on board might be feeling somewhat peckish. So we did what any self-respecting […]
Yesterday, 2oceansvibe enlisted the brave men of Butlers in a diplomatic and humanitarian mission: the delivery of hot pizza to the stricken crew and salvage officers of the Eihatsu Maru trawler, currently beached on Clifton 1st. The captain’s dog got a bone. In case you haven’t caught the video and pictures of the successful mission […]
Tomorrow, SA Maritime Safety Authorities will make another attempt to remove the stranded Eihatsu Maru from Clifton’s First beach. Last night, 2oceansVibe spoke to one of the men in charge, Samsa’s chief operations officer, Sobantu Tilayi. Many questions still remain about the reasons why the captain grounded the vessel, but Tilayi said the operation has now reached a critical stage.
Various officials are currently meeting with the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) to establish a salvage operation for the stranded trawler on Clifton’s First Beach. A source familiar with the maritime industry believes it’s quite unlikely that the vessel wouldn’t have known what it was doing, and that fog would not have played a role in the grounding.