CNA observes how containment booms are laid and what it takes to treat the toxic oil-soaked sand collected from affected beaches.
Workers from T&T Salvage Asia deploying oil booms into areas affected by the oil spill . Containment booms off Sentosa have had to be repaired and reinforced after turbulent weather caused some of them to snap.
Those red-coloured rigid booms which were first set up are easier and faster to deploy, the firm's managing director Captain Anuj Sahai explained on Friday . However, they are not as strong and effective as the more heavy-duty booms which have since been in place.CNA observed a team from T&T Salvage Asia at work on Friday, laying a 200m-long black-coloured containment boom along the external coastline of Siloso Beach.
“These are bigger booms. They are much more sturdy and stronger. They will last much longer. But takes also a little bit more time to deploy as well,” he added. He added that physical fitness is a crucial aspect of the job, and that the risk of injury is very real. There are different considerations for each location. At Sentosa, for instance, the venue of the Wings of Time show was a factor.
Workers at Mencast Offshore and Engineering unload oil-soaked sand transported from beaches affected by the Jun 14 oil spill, in preparation for the sand to be treated.
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