A giant barge has hauled the remains of the Kursk nuclear submarine to a dock.

The raising of the Kursk nuclear submarine has been completed. A Dutch consortium says it has taken more than 12 hours to lift the vessel to the surface of the Barents Sea.

The Kursk has passed the half-way point on its way to the surface of the Barents Sea.

A Dutch consortium on today began raising the Kursk nuclear submarine from the bottom of the Barents Sea, where it lay for more than a year following the explosion and sinking that killed 118 Russian seamen.

The operation to raise the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk is approaching the challenging phase of cutting the badly damaged bow section from the rest of the ship.

The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk will be raised from the bottom of the Barents Sea in mid-September, weather permitting, officials said today.