Tag: salvage operation

In this video, Ben Harris, Chair of the International Group's Salvage Committee talks about the projects that the committee is currently working on and the areas it is focusing.

Sri Lanka started an operation to retrieve debris and freight containers resting on the ocean bed after the disaster of X-Press Pearl in May 2021.

Following the Crimson Polaris grounding that occurred off the coast of Hachinohe on August 11, the bow part of the fragmented hull was towed into Hachinohe Port.

Almost three months after the fatal sinking of the lifting boat 'Seacor Power', salvage teams managed to raise the wreck's bow section to the surface of the water and transported it by barge on Saturday to the Modern American Recycling Services, Inc. facility in Houma, the USCG announced. 

X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship ‘X-Press Pearl’, confirmed that the wreck is now wholly sitting on the seabed at a depth of 21 meters.

Less than a month after the USCG revealed plans to refloat the ill-fated liftboat Seacor Power, the operation has become more challenging with salvage crews reporting that the wreck has rotated and that the hull has separated from the superstructure.

Salvage crews have completed the removal of diesel fuel from SEACOR Power’s fuel tanks and are now ready to move to the salvage phase, focusing on removing debris and refloating the vessel, the US Coast Guard announced. 

The Dutch heavy-lift cargo ship EEMSLIFT HENDRIKA is no longer at risk of grounding, as salvage crews managed to get onboard and connect it to the two tugboats, on Wednesday. 

During Christmas, salvors started the second cut on the hull of the grounded Golden Ray. The ship will be cut into eight sections; the first one took place on November 29. 

In light of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray off St. Simons Sound, Brunswick, Georgia, the salvage team is making progress with the cutting operations.