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. #

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 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. #

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. #