On Tuesday, we showed you the comments from the CEO of the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development about the submersible which got stuck on the reef about 6 miles north of San Pedro. Well, the news tonight is that the company which owns it is in Belize, and they want to try to remove it within a week's time.
A press release from the Department of Environment was released today, and it noted that they learned about the vessel grounding on March 13th , two days after it was discovered by islanders. DOE says that after investigating, they confirmed that the submersible is a Deep Tech Quantum ROV, which was under the responsibility of ImpreSub". A representative of that company has visited Belize, and that representative reported that they were hired by the company, "Saipem", which was working offshore Venezuela when the ROV went missing on November 18, 2014.
That representative is working with the professionals to find out the extent of the damage to the reef, and the DOE officers will be working over the weekend to try to remove it. They are also looking at hiring a local company to assist if there is need.
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