Environmental, Social and Governance

Protecting the marine and coastal environments is a key role of any salvor, who is often the only barrier that can prevent a casualty from becoming an environmental catastrophe. By successfully preventing groundings, refloating vessels and removing polluting cargoes and fuel, Five Oceans Salvage are committed, and have been since inception, to contributing their part in the preservation and protection of the fragile marine ecosystem and the societies that depend on that.

Furthermore, Five Oceans Salvage is committed to engaging with the local communities, as well as sub-contractors, in salvage operations and to work to the same principles. Local personnel and businesses are often employed to train, relieve and support the local communities that are affected by a marine casualty. Cooperating with the local Authorities and including the local community by open communication and cooperation is something that Five Oceans Salvage strongly supports and this has paid back over the years.

Five Oceans Salvage has often done pro bono work to the areas where salvage stations were maintained in the past. Prime examples are the clean-up of Port Louis port in Mauritius from various wrecks over the years when tug IONIAN SEA FOS was keeping station there, or the training of the local community to beach clean-up and restoration works during the salvage of the BENITA.

Finally, it has turned out in recent years that there may be much to be gained from engaging the local Governmental organisations when faced with a major casualty. Over the years, apart from the local Coastguard agencies and Port Authorities, Five Oceans Salvage has cooperated and utilised the services of State Oceanography Institutes, Fire and Rescue Services, Met Offices, Hydrographic Units, Helicopter Squadrons (Coastguard, Police, Navy etc), Law Enforcement Agencies and others.