Rough winds hamper rescue efforts in Gulf of Thailand

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014
Rough winds hamper rescue efforts in Gulf of Thailand

Rough weather in the Gulf of Thailand is thwarting attempts to re-float an oil tanker that ran aground on January 9.

A sand-suction boat was deployed to create a water channel on the beach to allow the oil tanker Orapin 4 to move back to sea off Songkhla. However, the operation came to a temporary halt as the sand-suction boat was forced to take shelter at Nu Island amid strong winds. 
The Meteorological Department has forecast rough seas in the area until Sunday.