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The salvage team reports that the parbuckling of ‘Rocknes’ has proceeded as planned over the weekend. The vessel has been parbuckled to a starboard list of approximately 18 degrees.

Salvors are now dewatering the holds and deballasting the vessel. This will eventually bring the vessel back into a position where it only has a slight list.

The programme for the upcoming days involves dewatering the engine room and the conservation of machinery by a special team. Salvors will also start derigging the vessel, which means that all wires, bollards and anchors will be removed from the vessel and the shores.

Eventually ‘Rocknes’ will be towed to a floating dock in Bergen, Norway, where attempts will be made to repair the vessel.