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Ship explosion in Jacobsbaai Jacobs Bay

With an explosion that rocked Jacobsbaai, the massive barge carrier Margaret, which was a new vessel when she ran aground off the Cape West Coast, in June last year, was reduced to a smouldering wreck almost half her original size. According to the salvors, the explosion tipped into the sea the top six river barges the Margaret was carrying as cargo. The barges were salvaged. “She looks totally...

Update: Barges Aground, South African Coast

Photobucket The barge GTO XVIV is battered against rocks south of the Knysna Heads after the tow with the tug HAKO 18 was lost in heavy seas yesterday. Picture by Andrew Aveley/NSRI Knysna. Photobucket The barge MARGARET aground near Jacobsbaai on the west coast yesterday. Picture courtesy Colin Clegg. It has been a couple of days of drama along the Cape coast as a series of cold fronts moved across...