Tourist spectacle - Dredger salvaged from mudflats off Norderney
Many tourists and tourists have followed the rescue of the dredger that had been stuck in the mudflats of the island of Norderney for several days. Air cushions were deployed during high tide and lifted by a crane onto a special ship. "Pulling a dredger out is already something special," said Norderney's mayor Frank Ulrichs.
Success after many failed attempts
The rescue proved to be difficult, several attempts had failed, but then it worked out. The dredger, which had been repeatedly flooded by the tide, was transported onto a pontoon.
The dredger had gotten stuck on a Wednesday during work on the dike extension in the North Sea mudflats. At low tide, gravel was to be transported from the national park. The dredger had slipped into the mud while trying to extract sand and was only about 100 meters from the shipping lane in a tilted position. Oil booms had been laid down.
In the face of this emergency, the salvage operation of the stranded dredger in Lower Saxony's Norderney was crucial. Despite multiple failed attempts due to the flood tides, the dredger was eventually successfully salvaged and placed onto a pontoon for transportation.
