Transocean Winner rig, which ran aground on 8 August, has been refloated and towed 54 miles around island to secure location
A 17,000-tonne oil rig that has been stranded on the coast of the Isle of Lewis for more than two weeks has been towed to a secure location after being successfully refloated.
The semi-submersible rig, Transocean Winner, ran aground close to Dalmore beach near Carloway, on Lewis, on 8 August. It was being towed from Norway to Malta when a towline snapped in rough seas.
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