Tag: wreck

On 15th August, the hulk of the dry bulk carrier OS 35 arrived in Amsterdam, where it is set to be recycled, one year after the vessel was wrecked.

The salvage operation to remove bow section of wrecked bulker OS 35 which begun on 3rd July, completed.  The two sections of the hulk have been removed, 10 months after the vessel hit an anchored gas carrier and sank off Gibraltar.

Port officials reports that the next step in the process to remove the wreck of the bulker OS 35 that sank at the end of August 2022 off Gibraltar is now underway. 

The Port of Gibraltar reports that the Captain of the port, John Ghio, has received an updated timeline and revised method statement from the contractors on the preparations and plans for the final removal of the OS 35 wreck.

Fairness, transparency and cooperation are the main drivers in a collaborative project by the International Salvage Union and the P&I Clubs to work with BIMCO to update industry-standard wreck removal agreements.

Following the MS Estonia ferry sinking, one of the deadliest accidents in European waters, Sweden would give permission for an underwater examination of the shipwreck.

Following the salvage of the Golden Ray wreck in St. Simons Sound, Brunswick, Georgia, engineers announced that they will be modifying the mooring system to be used for the heavy lift vessel.

Smit Salvage has carried the northernmost wreck removal project, The ship was the fishing vessel Northguider, which ran aground in Svalbard in the Arctic in late 2018.