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BDMLR North West regional co-ordinator, Kristen Cureton, said: "After an assessment and administering some basic first aid to the stranded adolescent harbour porpoise, we sent photographs to BDMLR headquarters, where our vet confirmed that the porpoise was in a good condition to refloat.

An operation to refloat the vessel will take place at high tide at

"Sadly, the likelihood of being able to successfully refloat the remaining whales was extremely low," said Leppens, who described it as the most humane thing to do.

Filipino ships uninsured for wrecks, spills, delays !-- -- Imagine a ship sinking at the entrance of Manila's North Harbor and the owner cannot afford to refloat it ndash as is likely.

A CARGO vessel which ran aground with six people on board remains stranded - despite attempts to refloat the vessel.

Prior to the ship's refloat, the damaged sunken vessel was used as a pier for other naval ships in the harbour.

In poor weather, unsuccessful attempts were made to refloat it, so most of the heavy oil bunkers on board were transferred to a barge.

The deal by Tencent, Suning, JD.Com (JD) and Sunac China amounts to a rescue of investors who owned a 14% stake in the company when it delisted as Wanda had promised to relist in mainland China or offer guaranteed investment returns but has been unable to refloat Wanda Commercial or bail out minority shareholders as it would add to its debt burdens.

She added that a tug was being organised to refloat the vessel, which is registered in Barbuda.

Numerous attempts have failed to refloat the vessel and a source told The Daily Star concerns are mounting of pollution seeping from the ship.

There was a refloat of 100 whales on the high tide on Friday morning local time, with 50 of them swimming out to the bay.

She said: "A decision will be made on Sunday on whether the operation to refloat the rig will commence within the next 48 hours.