A ship that sank during the Ruhr floods in July has been lifted out of the water. Now the “Moornixe” should actually be made afloat again.
Mülheim an der Ruhr – The passenger ship “Moornixe” in Mülheim an der Ruhr, which sank during the floods in July, was successfully lifted out of the water early on Sunday morning.
The approximately 18-meter-long wreck was attached to a crane and pulled out, as a reporter from the dpa reported. Now the owner Heinz Hülsmann wants to get the ship afloat again: A semi-trailer truck brings the recovered ship to a specialist company in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
The “Moornixe” came back to the surface of the water last week with inflatable lifting bags in an action lasting several days. The ship, which was moored in Mülheim, was rammed from a tree during the Ruhr flood in July and swept away. It was pulled under water at a weir and badly damaged. The wreck was later found just below the surface of the water in an old arm of the Ruhr. dpa
