Back-up towline wrapped around Transocean rig, MPs told
ByLindsay Razaq
The Transocean Winner drilling rig after it ran aground on the beach of Dalmore in the Carloway area of the Isle of Lewis
The owners of the tug which was towing Transocean Winner have revealed the back-up line could not be connected because it was wrapped around the base of the rig.
Leo Leusink, a chief operating officer at ALP Maritime Services, confirmed that the vessel couldn’t do much once the cable securing the platform had snapped.
He told MPs on the transport committee: “We hadn’t time to recover the line and the emergency tow connected to the rig was away.”
