Tag: salvage operation

On 20th May, the Dali, the containership involved in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, arrived back at the port of Baltimore.

The refloat and transit of the M/V Dali from its current location in Baltimore to a local marine terminal is slated for the morning of May 20, if the right conditions are met.

According to Reuters, on May 13th, crews in Baltimore conducted controlled explosions to facilitate the removal of a section of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the large container ship that caused the span to topple in March.

The Key Bridge Response Unified Command is scheduled to use precision cuts made with small charges to remove a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from on top of the M/V DALI.

With minimal additional environmental impact., the stranded ferry Marco Polo (15,955 gross tonnes) was successfully refloated. Today, the salvage operation is anticipated to be finished, but the oil cleaning is anticipated to take much longer.

Salvors successfully refloated the Bonnie G, a cargo vessel that ran aground in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, after 26 days.

United Stated Coast Guard (USCG) informs that salvage and post fire recovery operations continue on the Grande Costa D’Avorio as crews work to safely transfer vehicles and cargo from the vessel to the port facility.

On Sunday, oil tanker Seavigour broke down in a single-lane section of Suez Canal, causing a brief disruption on the global waterway.

The general cargo vessel Xin Hai Tong 23 grounded due to engine failure while transiting the Suez Canal, as part of a northbound convoy, on its route from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Egypt.

Icelandic Coast Guard has been conducting an operation since last week to salvage the cargo ship Wilson Skaw that ran aground at Ennishöfði in Húnaflói on April 18th.