The sunken Romanian barge was saved

Water was pumped out of the bulge of the barge sunk in the port of Reni.

As of February 5, after pumping out the water, the Jokor-3 barge leveled out. Now the ship is standing in the water area of the port in a seaworthy condition, the crew is carrying out minor repairs. They fought for the vessel’s buoyancy all night, AMPU reports on Facebook.

It will be recalled that on the morning of February 4, the Romanian barge Jokor-3 began to sink in the port of Reni during cargo operations. At the time of the accident, there were 860 tons of wheat on the ship. The five crew members of the barge were not injured.