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Book published by Boskalis about the salvage of the Ever Given

Book published by Boskalis about the salvage of the Ever Given Papendrecht, 8 December 2021‎ In March this year Boskalis was at the center of worldwide media attention on the salvage of the stranded mega container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal. In collaboration with the Suez Canal Authority a large group of experts from Boskalis and its subsidiary SMIT Salvage succeeded in refloating the enormous vessel within a week during a spring tide

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Boskalis expands Salvage presence in the US by acquiring Ardent Americas

Boskalis expands Salvage presence in the US by acquiring Ardent Americas Papendrecht, 9 April 2020 Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis... emergency response companies for the provision of salvage and marine firefighting services. Ardent Americas OPA90 program covers approximately 500 shipowners encompassing over 4,000 vessels. Ardent Americas was established in 2015 following the merger of Svitzer Salvage and Titan Salvage, operates from

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Smart

250 m from the coast. Just hours after the grounding, the vessel broke in two. SMIT Salvage and one of its local partners were contracted... was set up including a Salvage team and various equipment from both warehouses in Cape Town and the Netherlands. The continuous swell and rough weather at the casualty location made it a very challenging task for the salvage crew to work on and around the vessel throughout the entire operation

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Mariolina de Carlini

Leone. The vessel was fully laden with iron ore and grounded on the rocks. SMIT Salvage was directly notified about the incident by its sister company Smit Lamnalco, which operates tugs for several terminals in Freetown. A salvage team from the Netherlands mobilized overnight to be able to carry out an inspection of the vessel the next day. In the meantime SMIT Salvage was awarded the LOF contract by the owners. Initial inspections showed

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Silver

of Tantan port, Morocco. After several initial refloating attempts by local tugs were unsuccessful, SMIT Salvage was contracted on a LOF basis on the 25th of December to render assistance through the immediate mobilization of tugs, equipment and a salvage team. Meanwhile, the vessel was lifted... Salvage experts, plus an additional contingent of oil pollution prevention experts, who arrived on the 25th and 26th of December. Shortly thereafter, 30t

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Kursk

Kursk Salvage of the Russian nuclear submarine ’Kursk’ and transport of the submarine into a drydock in Murmansk. An explosion in the bow... team of heavy lift, salvage, diving and other specialists were involved in the recovery. The weight of the submarine, when prepared for the main lift... was delivered in the Murmansk drydock on October 22, which marked the end of this memorable salvage operation. Services Marine and salvage consultancy

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