Bye bye dredger? NO!

Yesterday I thought the dredger Argonaut I was departing Cotonou having finished her contract...today I heard that she had stopped dredging operations only because a fishing net was snared in her pumps. I had the opportunity to walk on the dock alongside her whilst her engineers were working on clearing the net, and could clearly see the 60ft long arm that is lowered to the seabed, which scrapes and sucks up silt. Today, she's dredging again (5 weeks and counting). Another fascinating blog entry by Olly