Smit Salvage will use a high tide tonight to try and refloat the Transocean Winner, a semi-submersible rig that ran aground off the Scottish isle of Lewis two weeks ago.
, a semi-submersible rig that The decommissioned rig lost its tow while being towed from Norway to Malta. The salvage team spent much of this past weekend removing fuel – up to 200 tons of diesel was taken off.
The plan is to move the rig to the north of Lewis to Broad bay on the east coast, where it will remain until safely transportable to a repair facility.
