Salvage Operations 2012

On 23rd August 2012, motor vessel RENOS (38,391DWT, built 1985), laden with 37,537 mts of rock phosphate in bulk, suffered engine room fire off Safaga, Egypt. A LOF was signed same day with SCOPIC clause invoked. Salvors contracted salvage tug OCEAN DAMIETTA from Damietta and also mobilized AHTS RED SEA FOS from Piraeus to assist together with a salvage team from Greece. A fire fighting team from Holland was also engaged. Once the fire was extinguished, salvors collaborated with Egyptian Authorities, shifted the casualty to the Suez STS anchorage, and made all preparatory works required for a possible towage or transshipment/discharge operation. After exploring all possible options, salvors decided to tow the casualty to the loading port of Adabiya and discharge the cargo ashore. The discharge was completed on 05th October and the vessel was redelivered to her Owners on 07th October 2012 in Suez anchorage.

Motor vessel EIRINI K (41,700DWT, built 1996), laden with 35,100mt of soya bean seeds from Argentina to the Med, run aground in km 407 of Parana River, Argentina, on 05th March 2012. Owners initially appointed a local contractor who, after several refloating attempts, was unsuccessful. A LOF was signed with Five Oceans Salvage on 08th March and tugs ONA DON LORENZO, LUCIANO B, as well as a Salvage Master were immediately mobilized to assist. On 09th March, the vessel was successfully refloated and resumed her voyage.

Motor vessel AKIBA (57,200DWT, built 2011), laden with 48,750mt alumina, run aground in Maputo, on 03rd March 2012. A LOF was signed with Five Oceans Salvage the same day and a salvage team was mobilized from Greece together with the 200 bollard pull tug FAIRMOUNT GLACIER from Cape Town. The casualty was refloated on 08th March 2012, was towed to Richards Bay for discharge and redelivered to her owners in Durban on the 08th of April 2012.

Motor vessel NINA P”(26,850DWT, built 1986), fully laden with bagged rice for West Africa suffered engine room fire off Mauritius. A LOF was signed with Five Oceans Salvage the same day and tug AHTS CORAL SEA FOS, was dispatched from her salvage station in Mauritius to assist the vessel together with a salvage and fire fighting team. After extinguishing the fire, CORAL SEA FOS towed the vessel to Port Louis. Five Oceans Salvage engaged M/V LUXURY SW from Beira to transship the cargo for delivery to destination. The receiving vessel arrived in Port Louis on 12th March 2012 and the transshipment lasted 40 days. Thereafter LUXURY SW proceeded to Lome and Sapele under the LOF, where she delivered the cargo to its receivers and her charter terminated on 16th July. In the meantime, on 24th April the casualty under tow of CORAL SEA FOS left Mauritius in a northerly direction. Following owners’ instructions, the casualty was eventually redelivered to owners in Chittagong anchorage on 08th June 2012.