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Company profile Part of Boskalis, a leading dredging and offshore contractor and maritime services provider, SMIT provides a full range of salvage... business. Wherever vessels are in the world and whatever they are doing, we always serve them safely, quickly and efficiently. SMIT Salvage... anywhere. This knowledge is based on the accumulation of experience since 1842, the year the company was founded. SMIT Salvage keeps its dedicated highly

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Equipment

Equipment SMIT has a wide variety of specialized salvage equipment held for immediate deployment at its strategically located Emergency Response... for deployment anywhere in the world. With decades of salvage experience our equipment has often been tailored over the years to suit specific tasks such as our patented cutting wire. These dedicated, precision tools enable salvage jobs to be carried out safely, quickly and efficiently by our experienced

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MSC Flaminia

MSC Flaminia One very high profile case that generated a lot of press coverage was the salvage operation of the 6,732TEU container vessel 'MSC... SMIT Salvage with Fairmount Marine under a LOF to fight the fire and take the stricken vessel to a place of safety. SMIT Salvage responded immediately by mobilizing salvage experts with FiFi experience and the tug 'Fairmount Expedition' from Falmouth in the UK. Simultaneously, the tug 'Anglian

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Salvage of the Modern Express

Salvage of the Modern Express The Modern Express, a 164-meter-long Roll-on/Roll-off vessel, was en route to Le Havre in France on 26 January 2016... that she might run aground, causing an environmental disaster. A salvage team was on location within 24 hours. A frigate from the French Navy... the air was carried out first after which the salvage plan was drawn up. The only option was to attach a tow line and tow the vessel to a port in a safe

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Rig Noble Regina Allen

in the rig tilting severely and the bow section submerging into the sea until the rig came to rest on the seabed. SMIT Salvage was contracted and a team of experts was sent to assess the situation and formulate a detailed salvage plan plus procedures for uprighting/refloating the rig. This required... 2013. SMIT Salvage

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Cabrera wreck removal

into pieces, sinking to a depth of 34 meters. SMIT Salvage - and its Greek partner Megatugs of Piraeus - immediately removed the oil from the vessel... work. Once detailed engineering plans had been set out, salvage divers placed the lifting chains to enable the Taklift 4 to lift the aft section from the seabed and safely load it onto a barge. Roland Shipping and trading Andros island SMIT Salvage Megatugs (co-contractors) LOF, BIMCO and Wreck

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