On 7 April 2020, AMSA released a video showing some highlights during the pre-lift surveillance of the salvaged containers of YM Efficiency. Specifically, the finding means the number of shipping containers being salvaged as part of Operation Recovery – YM Efficiency, which now total 62 while there are 14 containers yet to be located.
On 1 June 2018, the Liberian-flagged container ship ‘YM Efficiency‘, owned by the Chinese company Yang Ming Marine Transport, was en route from Kaohsiung to Sydney, loaded with 3,307 TEU onboard, when it encountered inclement weather which caused over 80 containers to go overboard.
In light of the situation, AMSA began the Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROUV) assessment of the lost containers back on 3 December.
Two more containers have been recovered since the last update and are now stowed on the deck of MV Pride intact. These containers are believed to contain tyres and paper products. Vessel movement caused some delays to sea lifts overnight and improvements to handling arrangements are underway to improve the speed and safety of handling the recovery basket.
…AMSA reported.
For the records, three containers have been retrieved since Monday 6 April while there are 59 containers still to be recovered.
During pre-lift surveillance of one of the container sites, an additional two containers were identified for recovery that were previously unaccounted for. This site was previously believed to contain two containers joined together but with the better cameras aboard the MV Pride’s ROUV, it was discovered there are actually four containers at this site.
