{"id":448,"date":"2022-09-29T11:17:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/?page_id=448"},"modified":"2023-01-21T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T16:07:55","slug":"dangerous-wrecks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/?page_id=448","title":{"rendered":"Wreck decontamination and dive site preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">Decontamination<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">After successful negotiation of the rights to the wreck, the <strong>best possible decontamination<\/strong> of the wreck is planned and implemented, if necessary (usually the case). Depending on the type of environmental threat, this can range from a &#8220;simple&#8221; extraction of (heavy) oil to a highly complicated, dangerous and cost-intensive recovery of <strong>explosives<\/strong> or other<strong> toxic substances.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miko Marine - Moskito Oil Removal Tool\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b3vGVhK1NR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">Conservation, Surveying and Dive Site Equipment<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">In a preliminary final step, the wreck will be <strong>conserved, surveyed and protected<\/strong> according to the principles of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/culture\/themes\/underwater-cultural-heritage\/2001-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Convention for the Protection of Cultural Heritage under Water<\/a><a href=\"#sdfootnote2sym\">\u00b2<\/a> and historical criteria. Wrecks at suitable depths will be established as dive sites. This includes the installation of a <strong>descent or mooring line<\/strong> to avoid damage to the wreck and\/or the seabed caused by anchors. Besides, if necessary also the securing of the wreck. Depending on its classification it means &#8211; for example &#8211; <strong>welding hatches<\/strong> to prevent penetration into the wreck, or the exact opposite, namely the<strong> permanent opening<\/strong> of the wreck to create secure exits. Finally, all information relevant for safe diving, such as dive site description, maximum <strong>depth, risks, emergency plans, training levels<\/strong>, and other minimum requirements are transferred to the wreck database.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">Wreck database<\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">In our wreck database, we record all <strong>potentially dangerous shipwrecks worldwide.<\/strong> The results of the research carried out in advance are compared with other similar databases. Localized wrecks are continuously updated and their <strong>investigation results<\/strong>, <strong>conservation,<\/strong> and <strong>decontamination status<\/strong> recorded. At the same time, the currently valid <strong>conditions<\/strong> for <strong>individual divers<\/strong> are announced.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Footnotes<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"#sdfootnote1anc\">\u00b9<\/a> State under whose flag a ship sails or sailed<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"#sdfootnote2anc\">\u00b2<\/a> notwithstanding their inapplicability to warship wrecks and wrecks which sank less than 100 years ago<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decontamination After successful negotiation of the rights to the wreck, the best possible decontamination of the wreck is planned and implemented, if necessary (usually the case). Depending on the type of environmental threat, this can range from a &#8220;simple&#8221; extraction of (heavy) oil to a highly complicated, dangerous and cost-intensive recovery of explosives or other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/int.cleanwreck.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}