According to Taiwan’s Maritime and Port Bureau (MOTC), the tankers were not loaded with cargo at the time, however, they jointly had around 200 metric meters of oil on board.
The tankers Shine Luck and Winner 19 ran aground due to a tropical low that had almost reached typhoon strength off Taiwan on June 14. The ships’ 32 crewmembers were safely evacuated from the units, the country’s Ocean Affairs Council informed.
Shine Luck was blown against concrete wave-breaks near the entrance of a fishing port, while the Winner 19 ran aground on the Kaohsiung beach.
The authorities decided to extract the oil from the 5,357 dwt tanker Shine Luck in order to prevent a possible oil spill. The oil removal operations were concluded on June 17 and the 1992-built tanker broke in two the next day.
Local media informed that the ship’s bow section was immediately towed to Kaohsiung Port Intercontinental Container Terminal, while the stern section is expected to be removed when weather conditions improve.
在台灣高雄市擱淺的兩艘油輪中，有一艘在6月18日凌晨兩點裂成兩半。
據台灣海事局稱，當時油輪並未裝載貨物，但共同擁有約200米的油量。
由於幾乎達到颱風強度的熱帶低氣壓，6月14日的油輪Shine Luck和Winner 19擱淺。我國的海洋事務委員會通知，船上的32名船員已經安全撤離。
Shine Luck在漁港入口附近的水泥波浪處被吹倒，Winner 19在高雄海灘擱淺。
當局決定從5,357載重噸油輪Shine Luck中提取石油以防止可能發生的漏油。6月17日完成了除油作業，1992年建造的油輪隔天被一分為二。
當地媒體表示，該船的船頭部分立即被拖至高雄港洲際集裝箱碼頭，而當天氣狀況改善時，船尾部分預計將被拆除。
Information source: World Maritime News Staff; Image Courtesy: World Maritime News Staff
