by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 13, 2021 | Container loss, News, Salvage
Over 2.5 years after the MSC Zoe lost 342 containers in the North Sea just north of the Dutch Wadden Islands, Rijkswaterstaat has removed the last container part from the Wadden Sea. Salvage company BDS salvaged parts of a container on the Rif, a sandbank between...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 7, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Salvage
Marine experts from the Merchant Shipping Secretariat and the Sri Lanka Navy have recovered the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), commonly known as the “ship’s black box”, of MV X-Press Pearl. The Sri Lanka Ports Authority stresses that so far no signs of oil or chemical...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 3, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navy, News, Salvage
The Indonesian Navy has ended its operation to recover submarine KRI Nanggala-402. It has proved impossible to bring the parts of the submarine, which lie in 840-metre-deep water, to the surface. The vessel sank off the island of Bali in April, resulting in the deaths...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 6, 2021 | Grounding, News, Salvage, Shipping
The container ship that blocked the Suez Canal near Egypt for days at the end of March, the Ever Given, is still forbidden to leave Egypt. An Egyptian court has rejected an appeal by the Japanese owner against the earlier seizure. Authorities are demanding damages of...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 3, 2021 | Maritime accidents, Navy, News, Salvage
The sunken Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 will be salvaged with the help of Chinese salvage vessels. The Indonesian authorities confirmed this on Friday. They believe that the deceased crew are still inside the vessel. The KRI Nanggala-402 disappeared last...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 20, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Salvage, Shipping
The Norwegian Maritime Authority has visited the Eemslift Hendrika in Ålesund and published pictures of the damage on board. The ship got into difficulties due to shifting cargo on Monday 5 April, which caused it to list. The crew had to be evacuated and Smit Salvage...
