An international team of experts began the preliminary work of salvaging oil from the sunken Eritrean vessel, DenDen. The ship, carrying a huge quantity of furnace oil, ran aground off Tannirbhavi coast near here on June 23 following engine seizure, and capsized. Three members of the crew were killed while 21 escaped to safely. According to the New Mangalore Port Trust sources, experts conducted a survey around the ship to identify the point of penetration into the vessel. The hull or the body of the ship needs to be punctured in order to salvage the oil. The team also conducted tests to determine the deepest channel for the tug to approach the sunken vessel. The offshore supply West Asian vessel, ?EURoeAl Hamal?EUR?, which will salvage the oil, was yet to reach the port till Monday evening. The tug will go alongside the vessel with men and equipment to start the salvage operation. The tug will load the oil from the sunken ship on to itself using the hot-tap method, arrive at the port and empty it into trucks. Any non-persistent oil, such as petrol and diesel, on board the vessel would have dissipated by now. The main concern of the team will be to remove the furnace oil safely, the sources said. source: Bellevision Global