R.Formosa sunken dredger

[25931]

It has just been announced that next month they will be trying to remove the remains of the dredger that they failed to do a few weeks ago. They have ordered from China what they call "balloons" - presumably buoyancy bags. It's going to be a tedious affair because it is in 1m at low and there is, at best, a 3m rise.
The newspaper said that the wreck is damaged in two places but didn't explain if it was hoped to lift it whole.
Being in the Armona channel it's a hazard but buoyed.

 

[greeny]

I'll be down there next week probably. Is it in the actual entrance or outside and do you know if there is plenty of room to get past?

 

[25931]

It's the Barra Grande near Armona not the main entrance to Faro/Olhão.

 

[greeny]

Yes, that's the entrance i sometimes use in settled weather. is it in the main channel?

 

[25931]

Yes, that's the entrance i sometimes use in settled weather. is it in the main channel?

As they were dredging at the time of foundering they were in the channel .

 

[greeny]

Thanks