Rescue workers stand next to TK Bremen cargo ship which ran aground during a powerful storm, spilling oil off the coast of France's northwestern region of Brittany as it lies stranded on Kerminihy beach in Erdeven, on December 16, 2011.#

The cargo ship TK Bremen, stranded on Kerminihy beach at Erdeven, near Lorient, France, on December 16, 2011.#

AS332 "Super Puma" helicopters fly over the TK Bremen cargo ship on Kerminihy beach in Erdeven, on December 16, 2011.#

The cargo ship TK Bremen, stranded on the beach at Kerminihy beach at Erdeven, near Lorient, France, on December 16, 2011.#

In this image made available by France's Marine Nationale, the cargo ship TK Bremen sits stranded on a beach near Erdeven, France, on December 16, 2011, spilled fuel oil fouling the water.#

Workers clean the beach after the Maltese-registered TK Bremen ran aground on Kerminihy beach, on December 16, 2011.#

Fuel oil spilled from the stranded TK Bremen covers parts of Kerminihy beach in Erdeven after a storm battered the region on December 16, 2011.#

A French civil guard clears sand contaminated with fuel oil on Kerminihy beach after the TK Bremen cargo ship was stranded by high winds, on December 17, 2011. Graffiti on the side of the ship reads in French: "For Christmas, I wanted some snow, not fuel oil"#

Oil pollutes Etel beach after the TK Bremen ran aground on Kerminihy beach in Erdeven, on December 17, 2011. An oil slick was reported to be floating toward the coast between the city of Lorient and the Quiberon peninsula, according to the Brest maritime authorities.#

A wave brakes on the stranded TK Bremen, near Lorient, France, on December 17, 2011.#

Firefighters clean the sand of Kerminihy beach in Erdeven, on December 17, 2011.#

Demonstrators and onlookers gather in front of the beached cargo TK Bremen at Erdeven, on December 17, 2011.#

People wander near the beached TK Bremen on December 17, 2011.#

Technicians fix a pipe during oil pumping operations, to remove fuel oil and prevent further pollution, after the TK Bremen ran aground in Erdeven, on December 19, 2011.#

After building a ramp with beach sand, technicians work to pump the remaining fuel oil from the wreck of the TK Bremen in Erdeven, France, on December 19, 2011.#

An employee of Dutch company SMIT fixes a pipe during oil pumping operations on the TK Bremen, on December 19, 2011.#

Workers prepare to dismantle the beached TK Bremen, near Lorient, on January 6, 2012.#

The beached TK Bremen is broken apart at Erdeven, France, on January 7, 2012.#

A workman cuts the hull of the TK Bremen into pieces on Kerminihy beach, on January 23, 2012.#

A hydraulic shear cuts apart the hull, dismantling the TK Bremen on Kerminihy beach, on January 7, 2012.#

A closer view of the hydraulic shear cutting apart the hull and dismantling the TK Bremen on Kerminihy beach, on January 7, 2012.#

Security officers patrol the beach as a crane dismantles the TK Bremen in western France, on January 7, 2012.#

The bow removed, crews continue work to dismantle the TK Bremen, on Kerminihy beach, on January 13, 2012.#

Workers tear apart the grounded TK Bremen, on January 13, 2012.#

Some of the more than 2,000 tons of scrap lie on Kerminihy beach in front of the carcass of the TK Bremen, on January 13, 2012.#

Cranes tear apart and remove scrap metal from the hull of the TK Bremen on January 19, 2012.#

Scrap metal from the nearly-gone TK Bremen cargo ship is stacked high on Kerminihy beach in Erdeven, France, on January 23, 2012.#

The remaining structure of the cargo ship TK Bremen, viewed on January 23, 2012.#

A wave breaks over the last remaining piece of the TK Bremen, after most of the salvage operation was completed, on January 23, 2012.#