<p>Douglas Peake, the first mate of the supply boat that brought the box to the site, confirmed a radio transmission from the nearby vessel lowering the device that said the device would be in position over the well soon.<br /><br />The transmission said undersea robots were placing buoys around the main oil leak to act as markers to help line up the 40-foot box.<br /><br />The box was about 4,000 feet underwater before dawn Friday, with another 1,000 feet to go, Coast Guard Petty Officer Shawn Eggert said.<br /><br />A crane late Thursday lowered the containment vessel designed to collect as much as 85 per cent of the oil spewing into the Gulf and funnel it up to a tanker. Eventually the crane would give way to underwater robots that will secure the contraption over the main leak at the bottom, a journey that would take hours. A steel pipe will be installed between the top of the box and tanker.</p>
<p>Douglas Peake, the first mate of the supply boat that brought the box to the site, confirmed a radio transmission from the nearby vessel lowering the device that said the device would be in position over the well soon.<br /><br />The transmission said undersea robots were placing buoys around the main oil leak to act as markers to help line up the 40-foot box.<br /><br />The box was about 4,000 feet underwater before dawn Friday, with another 1,000 feet to go, Coast Guard Petty Officer Shawn Eggert said.<br /><br />A crane late Thursday lowered the containment vessel designed to collect as much as 85 per cent of the oil spewing into the Gulf and funnel it up to a tanker. Eventually the crane would give way to underwater robots that will secure the contraption over the main leak at the bottom, a journey that would take hours. A steel pipe will be installed between the top of the box and tanker.</p>
