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Submerged excavator being dismantled to bring it ashore
Workers yesterday continued their efforts to remove a sunken excavator from the Atlantic Ocean, aback of Pegasus Hotel.
An excavator dragging dismantled parts of the sunken equipment ashore yesterday.
Using cables, the workers dismantled the bucket and other sections and dragged these to shore using another excavator.
This excavator which was working under the supervision of the Guyana Marines Services, a private company, became stuck last week after encountering difficulties while releasing an anchor for a barge that was stuck.
Its owner, Netram Toolsie, called Prakash, of Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, last week said that it has been totally destroyed.
According to Toolsie, the excavator was contracted by GT&T, and had a value of $39M. It was reported that the insurance company would be covering the expenses for the excavator.
The excavator was one of two being used to help prepare the US$60 million cable that would replace the Americas 2 cable.
This cable links Suriname and Trinidad.
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