Work goes on to free grounded tanker

A 3,000-tonne petrol tanker is to be towed to Falmouth in Cornwall once it has been freed from rocks where it was grounded eight days ago, the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency said today.

Salvage experts were today continuing to prepare the Cypriot-registered MT Willy to be towed by tugs off the rock shelf at Cawsand Bay, east Cornwall. The operation is hoped to take place on Friday.