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Poor weather is hampering the operation to right the listing Hoegh Osaka, as Duncan Kennedy reports
Divers are hoping to carry out a survey of the cargo ship that ran aground in the Solent.
The Hoegh Osaka has been secured two miles (3.2km) east of the Bramble Bank sandback from which it freed itself on Tuesday.
The 51,000-tonne transporter "refloated" itself unexpectedly due to the tide and water being pumped out.
A spokesman for the owners Hoegh Autoliners said work would be in "slow time" because of worsening weather.
It was towed two miles east and is being held by tugs between Cowes and Lee-on-Solent. where it will be assessed by salvage company Svitzer.
The company spokesman said the first step would be for divers to carry out a survey of the hull to inspect for damage, especially to the bilge keel, which stops the ship from rolling.
"The weather is due to get worse and certainly over the weekend it will be quite choppy so the work will be carried out very slowly and carefully.
"The vessel is listing at 52 degrees and to get fairly cumbersome equipment down the stairwells, which are at a very strange angle, requires super-human capacity. You have to take it really, really slow," he added.
The salvors will also prioritise the pumping off of water taken on board when an excavator in the cargo hold shifted and punched a hole in the hull on the sixth deck, which has since been repaired.
The condition of the cargo will also be assessed to check if it has come loose.
Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State's representative for maritime salvage and intervention, said monitoring equipment had been placed on board to give an early warning if it begins to list further.
"Now she's in deeper water, in a safer place, we're in a position to start discussing the process of slowly moving ballast water internally around the vessel and hopefully we'll see the list reducing," he added.
Vessel Traffic Services for the Port of Southampton said the Hoegh Osaka's generators had now failed, turning off the on-board lighting that had previously illuminated the ship.
'Self-floated'The ship was run aground on Bramble Bank on Saturday evening.
The Marine and Coastguard Agency said the vessel had "self-floated at high water" on Tuesday.
Svitzer had hoped to refloat the vessel at high tide but this was delayed after the discovery of more water on the vessel.
At a news conference on Tuesday, Bram Sperling of Svitzer said there was some water inside because of a "small opening in the vessel" that had since been closed.
A refloat was the preferred option to avoid further damage to the ship from the sandbank.
Salvage experts from Svitzer boarded the ship on Monday and began carrying out an assessment to form a rescue plan.
The Singapore-registered transporter set sail for Germany at about 20:20 GMT on Saturday, shortly before being deliberately run aground by the crew.
There were 1,400 cars on board, including 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles and 65 Minis, as well as 105 JCB machines and 500 tonnes of fuel.
Two crew members out of 25 rescued by RNLI Lifeboats and the Solent Coastguard on Saturday suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Two senior officers and a pilot stayed on board before being taken ashore.
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