On
the evening of 31st January
2008 in heavy storms the Roll
on/Roll off MV Riverdance Truck
Ferry left Ireland on its way
to Heysham Port. It was suddenly
hit by a freak wave causing
the ship to come aground. After
failing to refloat the boat
the insurers called in the experts,
PGC Demolition,
to break up the ship on Cleveleys
beach.
Along
with battling the weather conditions
PGC team of over 20 men had
to cope with the ever changing
tidal patterns. There were only
two 4-5 hour windows in every
24 hour.
Despite
all the problems that were thrown
at them, PGC Demolition came
through the project with flying
colours, including:
•
Not
damaging the environment with
any oil or fuel spills.
• Not
having any reportable incidents
throughout the duration of the
contract.
• Being
congratulated by all authorities
from government down for a job
well done.
• All
scrap metal was sent for recycling.
• The
engines were reused for parts.
