Salvage experts with SMIT Salvage are continuing onboard assessments of Stena Immaculate, say statements from the vessel operator Crowley and owner Stena Bulk. Yesterday, Sunday, March 16, the third-party salvage team confirmed that damage resulting from the containership Solong striking the Stena Immaculate was limited to one cargo tank containing Jet-A1 fuel and one ballast tank containing sea water.
“Before being forced to abandon ship, the crew had the dedication and presence of mind to...
As the response to the incident involving the strike on the U.S.-flag tanker Stena Immaculate by the containership Solong continued today, it looked that the worst fears of pollution from the two vessels would not be realized.
“There have been no further reports of pollution to the sea from either vessel beyond what was observed during the initial incident,” said Virginia McVea, chief executive of the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), which is coordinating the response.. “HM...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/stena-immaculate-pollution-fears-lessen/
This morning, efforts were continuing to extinguish fires aboard the U.S.-flag TSP-program tanker Stena Immaculate and the ship that struck it yesterday morning, the Ernst Russ owned containership Solong.
According to Reuters, Boskalis has been appointed the salvor for the Stena Immaculate, with four ships being underway to the incident scene this morning.
While all the Crowley crew of the Stena Immaculate are safe, one member of the Solong’s crew of 14 is missing and presumed dead with rescue...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/solong-unlikely-to-stay-afloat-following-strike-on-stena-immaculate/
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into the October 4, 2023, grounding of the former OSV Bonnie G, half a mile south of the Cyril E. King airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The agency finds that an anchor chain failure was the cause of the Bonnie G grounding, which occurred during Tropical Storm Phillippe and started a 26-day salvage saga in the height of the hurricane season.
The 172-foot-long, Vanuatu-flagged vessel was originally delivered as an offshore...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/ntsb-determines-cause-of-bonnie-g-grounding/
Maritime security firm Ambrey has confirmed the successful salvage of the MT SOUNION, a Greek-owned oil tanker that became a focal point as one of the worst attacks in the ongoing…
by Jamie Pringle (Keele University) Search and rescue (SAR) for missing persons is always challenging for the specialist recovery teams involved, regardless of the environment they’re working in. But the…
The Greek-owned tanker Sounion, still on fire since being hit in multiple Houthi attacks more than two weeks ago, is at last under tow. The vessel is laden with 150,000 tonnes of crude oil, with any spill threatening to cause an environmental disaster. A prime motivation of the Sounion salvage effort is to head that off
VIDEO: Houthi attack on Sounion threatens an environmental disaster
Today, the European Union’s EUNAVFOR ASPIDES reported that tugboats had connected to the stricken vessel and...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/sounion-salvage-tow-gets-under-way/
ATHENS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on…
https://gcaptain.com/tugs-set-to-tow-fire-stricken-sounion-in-red-sea/
ATHENS, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Experts will this week resume a risky operation to salvage the Sounion tanker which was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea last month and still holds about one million…
https://gcaptain.com/risky-salvage-of-sounion-to-restart-in-red-sea-this-week/
The salvage operation for the oil tanker MT Sounion is facing a setback as private companies involved in the rescue efforts have determined that conditions are not suitable for towing…
https://gcaptain.com/sounion-salvage-operation-faces-setback-in-red-sea/