APPENDIX E
INSTANCES OF SALVAGE IN U.S. WATERS REPORTED TO THE COMMITTEE1
Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
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Hess Oil storage tank |
Ruptured; 155,000- barrel crude oil spill |
Fast |
Fast response |
90% of oil recovered; small amount of oil got into the Kill van Kull |
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9,500,000-gallon waste oil spill |
More than 200 men working each day with various equipment for 5 weeks |
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Russian trawler |
Fire |
USCG directed response by Crowley and Boots and Coots under Navy contract |
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Vessel returned to service |
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Drilling rig |
Adrift in heavy weather |
Tow |
Weather; communication; crew fatigue; equipment failure; lack of specific equipment |
Rig Sank under tow |
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Barge/tug |
Barge parted towline; could not be boarded by crew of tug |
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Weather; communication; fatigue of crews; equipment failure; lack of specific kind of equipment |
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Deep notch barge |
Collision |
Secure damaged fuel piping; make fuel system operable to aftermost pumping engine; relocated cargo hoses to enable overhead pumping; lightered approx. 500,000 gallons of gasoline |
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Barge |
Grounded |
Offloaded cargo from undamaged compartments; barge refloated after being pulled from rocks by 2 tugs; ballasted to stop further leaking |
Gasoline leaking from all damaged tanks; gale waming |
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A REGINA/ 3EKM |
M/V passenger ferry |
Aground |
LOF SMIT/SASI-liaison |
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Vessel lost, given up |
ABIQUA/ KTZO |
Bulk motor |
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Partial offload; tow condition |
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ADMIRALTY BAY |
M/V |
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Dry salvage |
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AEGEAN SUN |
M/T |
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Dry salvage |
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AFRICAN |
M/V general cargo |
Collision |
Flooded engine room; towed to Galvesto, TX; engine room pumped dry; towed to Brownsville, TX; broken up; SASI/SUSTA |
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Broken up |
Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
AIKATERINA |
Tankship |
Fire |
Fire extinguished by USCG and Boots and Coots personnel after burning for several days |
Dealing with offshore vessel fires |
Vessel not lost at sea |
AKRON/D5VF |
M/V bulk cargo |
Aground |
SASI refloated; reload |
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ALEXANDERS ABILITY |
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Aground; engine room flooded |
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ALL KLASKAN |
Fish processor |
Grounded |
Oil removed by USCG; fish processing machinery salvaged by owner; unsuitable conditions for salvage |
Broached and broke while towline being cast |
No assets |
ALVENUS |
MV tanker |
Aground |
Lightering operation offshore; antipollution operation a.o. Galveston Beach |
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Major oil spill |
AMOCO CADIZ |
VLCC |
Loss of steering; grounding |
Salvage tug on scene within 3 hours; unsuccessfully attempted to take AMOCO CADIZ under tow |
Main engine functioning but not used during attempts to establish a tow |
Major pollution occurred; ship total loss |
AOYAGI MARU |
F/V |
Grounded |
USCG burned remaining fuel using explosives |
Owners looked at limits of liability vs. salvage value |
No salvage |
APEX 3405 |
Tank barge |
Collision; sank |
Raised sunken barge; vessel removed from channel |
Channel closure restrictions; no need to maintain intact cargo envelope; stability calculations not necessary |
Discharged over 750,000 gallons of catalytic feedstock oil |
AQUILA AZTECA/XCGU |
M/Tank |
Grounded |
Partly offloaded; refloated; SMIT/SASI |
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ARCO ANCHORAGE |
T/V |
Grounded; cargo tanks punctured |
USCG and commercial submersible pumps used to transfer crude oil to lightering barge; divers put in temporary patch; vessel sailed to Cherry Point, WA; offloaded cargo |
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Went to shipyard in Portland; OR |
ARGENTINA |
Ocean-going ferry |
Grounded |
National Strike Force personnel pumped fuel oil from vessel; vessel was cut down to the waterline and superstructure taken away |
Remote location; environmental sensitivity of the area |
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ARGO IDUNA |
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Explosion in engine room |
Lightering operation |
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ARGO MERCHANT |
Handy size tanker |
Grounding |
MPS ship CURB on scene; lightering available and USCG ADAPTS pumps on board, but lack of steam generator prevented hearing oil for offloading when weather permitted |
Winter; MPS ship CURB in Key West, took 5 days to arrive on scene; lack of steam generator prevented heating oil for offloading; divided authority on scene (USCG, State of MA, EPA) |
Weather worsened; ship broke up; ship and cargo total loss |
AROW |
Coastal tanker |
Grounded, then sank in 60 feet of water |
Cargo offloaded using first-time application of hot-tap technique; local heating at off loading pumps was necessary; heating process very inefficient |
Winter |
No pollution occurred |
ATLANTIA |
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Pre-inspection; installation |
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ATT STALL |
M/T |
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Wet salvage |
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B 155 |
Barge |
See OCEAN 255 |
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BANGLER BANNI |
M/V |
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Dry salvage |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
BARGE 160-4; AVENGER |
1,600-DWT tank barge; tug |
Grounded |
Salvage team; fly in equipment |
Barge empty; barge sustained only moderate bottom damage; tug sustained extensive bottom and side shell damage |
Fuel removed from tug, both refloated by use of ground tackle |
BARGE 500-4 |
12,000-DWT rail car and trailer barge |
Grounded |
Damage control efforts to limit flooding by pressurizing selected tanks; use of properly equipped salvage vessel (M/V ARCTIC SALVOR) tugs |
Full load of cargo; extensive damage to starboard-side shell and bottom-plating; use of properly equipped salvage vessel and tugs with both power and sea-keeping ability to work in prevailing weather conditions |
Successfully refloated without loss of cargo |
BARGE BEAN 12 |
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Wet salvage |
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BARGE KENAI |
9,750-dwt deck barge |
Grounded |
Salvage team on-site within 6 hours; utilized salvage vessel ARCTIC SALVOR |
Extensive bottom damage and subsequent flooding; prompt arrival of salvage personnel; availability of specialized equipment capable of being flown to the site; delays were caused by high wind and adverse sea conditions |
Successfully refloated without loss of cargo |
BEAN 12 |
Anchor handling vessel |
Sunk |
Removal with Derrick barge |
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BETTY L |
Deck barge |
Aground; USCG removed 120,000 gallons of diesel fuel |
Salvage chief removed barge successfully |
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BLUE MAGPIE |
Cargo vessel |
Grounded on breakwater |
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Timely availability of salvage assets |
Broke up before salvage assistance could reach scene |
BRAZILIAN FRIENDSHIP |
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Grounded; broken rudder |
Refloated with local salvor and tugs; used tugs to steer vessel down river to awaiting foreign tug (BUGSIER) towed to Germany |
Fully loaded iron ore |
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BT 155 |
Barge |
See OCEAN 255 |
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BT NAUTILUS |
Barge |
Grounded in Kill van Kull |
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Partial closure of waterway for several days |
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BURMAH AGATE / ELZS |
M/Tank |
Collision; fire |
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Vessel burnt out 19,000 tons crude saved |
BYRON 16 |
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Aground |
Cargo lightered with severe loss; damaged in refloating |
Poorly chosen salvage equipment |
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C/V STAR LEKINGER |
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Grounded on aft third |
International salvage firm hired by responsible party at the direction of COTP; acquired 3 high HP tugs; had vessel off-ground within 36 hours |
Greater than normal east-west current continued to set the vessel into shallow water; fear of possibility of double bottom fuel tanks rupturing and releasing bunkers into the sea; miles of pristine white beaches in direct path of potential fuel spill; no tugs of sufficient horsepower locally available |
No pollution resulted; no damage other than scraped paint and slight indentation along starboard quart |
Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
CAMARGUE/FNUB |
M/T |
Collision in ballast tank |
Vessel inerted; damage covered, assisted into Galveston SASI |
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CARIBE |
Barge |
Aground |
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CC-11 |
Barge |
Stranded and sank |
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Owner failed to employ competent salvors |
Vessel broke up and became wreck removal project |
CEPHEUS |
T/V |
Grounded |
Refloated itself; headed for port with damage to double bottom and cargo tank; steam trace rigged to remove heavy fuel from double bottoms; offloaded cargo |
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Sailed to Kachemak Bay for survey and repairs |
CHARA-LAMBOS |
Large tanker |
Large section of side plate fell off while being towed to scrap |
Flooded opposite side tanks sufficiently to bring upright |
Time critical to even up and bring open section of hull clear of water to prevent extension of opening |
Continued in tow |
CHEM 2 |
Tank barge |
Stranded on sandbar |
Equipment and trained ANH personnel brought in; dredged channel to barge; lightered cargo; winched tank barge and lightering barge out |
Silting; rapid river stage fall; poor access; downwind community; potential loss of cargo cooling |
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CHEVRON GUAM |
Small POL tanker |
Grounding in typhoon |
Search and survey in deep water where tanker was left by forces of nature |
Full load of avgas and jet fuel |
Ship was total loss; no pollution due to volatile nature of cargo and scrubbing forces of nature |
CHEVRON HORIZON |
Crude oil tanker |
Grounded and holed; hit in stern by gasoline tow |
Tanker refloated with tugs; ballasted down creating water bottoms; temporary patch by divers; cargo offloated |
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Sent to drydock |
CHINA PRIDE |
Ore carrier |
Stranded on sandbar |
Lightered and pushed off with tugs |
Strong current; dropping river stage; silting |
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CIUDAD DE BRAQUE |
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Wet salvage |
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CIUDAD DE IBAGUE |
MV |
Holes in watertight bulkhead |
Hull plate removed |
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CIUDAD DE PASTO |
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Hull fracture, taking water in machinery space and three holds |
Determine location of vessels and equipment; hire tug and supply vessel; establish towage connection |
Bad weather; time critical situation because sinking of the vessel was threatened; crew had abandoned vessel; only vessel's emergency generator was available to supply power |
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COLUMBIA NEW YORK |
Barge |
Grounded |
Refloated with tug assist |
Time critical as bad weather could have broken her on rocks |
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CRANE RECOVERY |
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Wet salvage |
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CYRIL |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
Offload; refloat |
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DAE RIM |
Fishing vessel |
Drifted ashore after unsuccessful rescue tow |
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Failure caused by Russian tug letting go her tow |
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DAY ISLAND |
Fishing vessel |
Swamped over underwater rock |
Refloated |
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Docked |
DELTA AMERICA/KFFJ |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
LOF Moran-Crowley; SMIT/SASI |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
DEVALI 1/D51W |
M/Tank |
Aground during hurricane |
Inspection and contract LOF; SMIT |
Loaded crude |
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DIALA |
MV tanker |
Aground |
Lightering operation ''over the top'' |
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DIALA/DGBS |
M/Tank |
Aground |
Partial discharge; refloated, SMIT/OCEAN - salvage |
Cargo crude |
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DIAZ ORDAZ |
M/F |
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Wet salvage |
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DIMI |
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Aground |
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DOCELOTUS/PPVD |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
Refloated after deballasting |
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DREDGE BARGE |
Barge |
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Survey |
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DUVAL II |
Barge |
Collision and subsequent sinking in Houston Ship Channel |
Pushed to side of channel; heavy lift barge from New Orleans salvaged vessel |
Unavailability of heavy lift barge in area; h-l barge delayed by fog |
Successfully salved; two way traffic not restored for about two weeks |
EAGEAN SUN |
MV tanker |
Struck submerged object and grounded |
Inerted all cargo tanks and refloated vessel |
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EASTERN STAR |
Log carrier |
Broke mooring |
Controlled by Local harbor tug |
Capable vessel willing to help |
Continued voyage |
ELPASO PAUL KEYSER |
LNG tanker |
Grounding |
Vessel dispatched for lightering; special offload equipment mobilized immediately by owner; |
Double bottom prevented penetration of inner hull; ship provided with and had trained in damage control and casualty procedures; owners on scene within 30 hours to liaise with local authorities and government officials and prepared to make tough decisions including destruction of ship; salvage engineers and naval architects on scene, backed by support in CONUS |
No pollution and no litigation occurred; ship repaired in drydock and back in service |
ELDIAMN |
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Survey |
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EMS ORE |
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Grounded; broken rudder |
Refloated with local salvor and tugs; used tugs to steer vessel down river to awaiting foreign tug (BUGSIER) towed to Germany |
Fully loaded iron ore |
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ENTERPRISE |
MV bulkcarrier |
Aground |
Lightering operation |
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ENTERPRISE/3FOF |
M/V bulk |
Aground |
Partial offload; refloat SASI; delivered to Beaumont, TX; SASI |
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ERKOWIT |
Breakbulk |
Collision with DORTMUND |
Entry into inner harbor denied; ship was sinking; grounded by salvage master on local public beach; hazardous deck cargo floated off |
Deck cargo of highly toxic agricultural chemicals; tug master doubled as salvage master; occurred on weekend when regular port authorities were not available Ship removed and disposed of; pollution occurred |
Ship removed and disposed of; pollution occurred |
ESSI ANNE |
Freight vessel |
Grounded |
Pulled off ground by 2 tugs |
Channel restrictions made operation time critical |
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ESTELLE J / H9NX |
M/Bulk |
Aground |
Partlal offload; refloat |
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ETHNOS/5MRD |
M/V |
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Refloated with Smit Salvor and Terminals; to Curacao |
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EXPLORER |
M/T |
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Dry salvage |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
EXXON VALDEZ |
T/V |
Grounded |
80% of cargo saved; lightering, floated from strand |
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F/V TENYO MARU |
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Collision |
Several thousand gallons of oil were pumped from vessel after underwater ROV was used to attach hose |
Need for cooperation with Canadian Government; use of ROV |
Major oil spill, vessel sank; vessel never salvaged |
FAITH 1/OCEAN 190 |
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Collision |
Gasoline cargo in damaged ,tanks allowed to dissipate before remaining cargo pumped off |
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FEDERAL RHINE/ELBY 3 |
M/V bulk |
Aground |
Part offloaded; refloated; SASI |
Loaded with grain |
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FIJI PRINCESS |
Passenger vessel |
Aground |
Refloated by local salvage company |
Rapid response with adequate equipment |
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FORT PROVIDENCE/GCPJ |
M/V bulk carrier |
Aground |
Part offloaded; refloated, SASI, anchored |
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FRESTON STAR |
M/V |
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Survey |
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GARYVILLE |
M.T. |
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Towing |
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GEO S |
M/V |
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Dry salvage |
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GLACIER BAY |
Tanker |
Struck uncharted rock |
Discharged over the top by equipment from Valdez |
Success determined by over the top pumping equipment |
Ship returned to service |
GUYANA |
M/V |
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Survey |
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HAPPY RUNNER |
MV heavy lift vessel |
Capsized |
Refloating operation with Derrick barges |
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HAPPY RUNNER |
M/V |
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Survey |
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HARP |
M/V |
Aground |
Partial discharge; refloat SMIT/SASI |
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HERCULES |
M/V |
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Dry salvage |
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Scuttled |
HERMANOS CARCAMO/DANT |
MN bulk carrier |
Aground |
Refloat; LOF |
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HYUDAI 12 |
Bulk carrier |
Grounded |
Refloated by crew flown in with equipment available in area; RCTIC SALVOR sailed from Seattle and arrived near end of refloating operation |
Personnel skilled in salvage and adaptation of local equipment |
Vessel returned to service |
HYUNDAI #12 |
Freight vessel |
Grounded |
Fuel oil pumped from double bottom tanks and several hundred tons of cargo grain were jettisoned |
Unseasonably fair weather; ability to jettison cargo |
Refloated |
IB906 |
Barge |
Holed double bottom; sownflooded open void hatches while preparing to lock through |
Improvised flex hose and drum cofferdam to pump out voids; refloat; "shingle" hole |
Complete sinking and hazmat release avoided by running barge into shallow water |
Sent to drydock |
INDEPEN-DENCE SERVICE |
Freight vessel |
Grounded; flooded |
Barge in tow taken in tow by towing vessels; towed vessel to Palominos Island; capsized while in tow; raised by commercial salvage company |
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ISLA PUNA |
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Grounding |
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ITAPUCA/PPEL |
M/V general cargo |
Fire in cargo hold #1 |
Chemical fire extinguished |
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JAINGA |
M/T |
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S.T.S. |
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JAY GANESH |
Freighter |
Grounded |
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Fully loaded; vessel in exposed situation on reef |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
JOHN AUGUSTUS ESSBEGER/DHGJ |
M/Bulk |
Aground |
Refloated SMIT/SASI; LOF |
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JUPITER |
T/V |
Caught fire exploded; burned; |
Obtain adequate wire rope to further secure hip; fire extinguished on day 2; reignited and extinguished on day 3; salvage complete on week 5 |
Obstructed channel in Saginaw River, MI; shorebased firefighting resources could not reach vessel; vessel originally tethered by only one of six original mooring lines; securing ship extinguishing fire, disposing of contaminated water; alternate uses for available resources |
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KEYES 302 |
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Wet salvage |
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LADY PAMELA |
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Sunk |
Traditional attempts to raise vessel through pumping out tanks through ents failed due to unique plumbing; crane barge was hired; vessel dragged by barge near shore to take advantage of tidal cycles; after 3 days of massive pumping and lifting the vehicle was salvaged without loss of fuel |
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LLOYD GENOVA/PPJP |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
LOF; SMIT/SASI |
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LOUISIANA BRIMSTONE |
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Grounding |
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M/T ESSO BRUSSELS, S/S SEA WITCH |
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After collision, ESSO BRUSSELS stern anchor caught in starboard anchor chain of SEA WITCH; SEA WITCH was on fire |
SEA WITCH was removed to safe distance from ESSO BRUSSELS; ESSO BRUSSELS fire was extinguished; discharged cargo; continued oil pollution control |
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M/V ELDIA |
Freighter |
Blown ashore |
National Strike Force personnel pumped fuel oil from vessel |
Cooperation by all parties involved; good weather conditions |
Refloated without loss of cargo |
M/V SCANDA NAVIA SEA |
Cruise ship |
Fire |
Brought to dock to offload passengers; firefighting efforts commenced dockside; vessel almost lost due to excessive use of firefighting water |
Lake of personnel trained in shipboard firefighting; time critical need to pump off firefighting water |
Vessel saved |
M/V STAR CONNECTICUT |
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Grounded |
Navy, Coast Guard, civilian salvors on-site; repaired hull cracks; dewatered pump room |
Fully laden vessel; damage to propeller shaft; cracks in double bottom; flooding in pump room; favorable environmental conditions, timely damage control and dewatering operations |
Refloated without any oil release |
MAASSLOT |
M/T |
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Ship transfer service |
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MAASSTAD |
M/T |
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Ship transfer service |
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MAASTROOM |
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Ship transfer service |
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MARl BOEING |
General cargo |
Aground |
Total offload; refloat; LOF; SMIT/SASI; towed to Korea |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
MARINA L |
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Grounded |
Lightered cargo out with self-unloader vessels and tugs |
Fully loaded with linseed oil cake; time critical as building up sand around vessel |
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MARINE ELECTRIC/WOOH |
SS bulk |
Sank |
Diving survey; SASI/Galerne |
Cargo coal |
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MARQUESA |
MV bulkcarrier |
Aground |
Lightering operation |
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MARSHALL KONEV |
MV bulkcarrier |
Aground |
Lightering operation |
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MARSHALL KONYEV |
MV |
Grounding |
Combination of lightering and horsepower freed vessel |
Lack of towing vessels quickly available; quickly began silting in; owners decision to only incrementally increase towing vessels; owners were located in Soviet Union; owners representatives were incapable or unwilling to commit themselves to realistic cures for the situation |
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MARY LOU |
M/V cargo |
Aground |
Refloated; SMIT/SASI; LOF |
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MAVRO VETRANIC |
M/V |
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LOF |
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MEGA BORG |
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Explosion/fire in engine room, pump room and accommodations |
LOF |
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MELODIC/6ZTY |
M/V cargo |
Aground |
Refloated Smit Cory/McAllister |
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Docked at Montreal |
MERCEDES ENVOY |
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Dry salvage daily |
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MERKUR AMERICA |
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Engine room fire |
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MERMOZ/FOSK |
Passenger ship |
Aground |
Refloat |
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METULA |
VLCC |
Grounding |
Cargo removed by lightering using portable pumps |
Weather permitted operation; ship showed remarkable durability in remote, inhospitable part of the world |
Pollution limited |
MILOS REEFER |
Refrigerated cargo carrier |
Grounded |
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Winter weather and damage prevented salvage attempt |
Owner removed some oils and hazardous materials |
MINERVA |
Bulk carrier |
Grounded outside channel; unable to refloat; need to lighter |
Lightered off cargo to refloat |
Difficulty in determining when suitable lightering barge would be available |
Refloated |
MINORES PRIDE |
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Aground in mud |
Refloated with local salvor and tugs |
Fully loaded with iron ore; time critical as blocking river fairway |
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MISSISSIPPI QUEEN |
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Wet salvage |
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MONSANTO |
Chemical barge |
Hit bridge; caught fire |
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MONSUN |
MV |
Collision damage hold #3 |
Emergency repair |
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MOSUN |
M/V |
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Survey |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
MOUNT ATHOS / SXLX |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
Refloated; SASI |
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NAFTOPORO S / SYKE |
M/V bulk cargo |
Aground |
Refloated SMIT/SASl; towed to Balboa, Panama |
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NO 6 CHILBOSAN |
Refrigerated cargo carrier |
Grounded |
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Winter weather and damage prevented salvage attempt |
Owner removed some oils and hazardous materials |
NORDIC RIDER / A8UV |
Bulk carrier |
Aground on reef |
Refloat; SMIT/SASl |
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NORMAN PACIFIC / S6AL |
M/V bulk carrier |
Aground |
Part offloaded; refloat; SASI |
Loaded with grain |
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OBELIX / A8WE |
M/Tank |
Collision |
LOF SASI; offloaded; refloated |
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OCEAN 255 |
Barge |
Collision with freighter BALSA 37 and barge B 155; spill and fire on B155 |
Fire extinguished by Tampa Fire Dept; spill cleanup coordinated by NRC and Maritrans; OCEAN 255 pumped out by Strike Team |
Fire |
Fire extinguished quickly; good coordination cleanup |
OCEAN BEAUTY |
Bulk carrier |
Grounded |
Refloated by SALVAGE CHIEF |
Availability of salvage vessel |
Returned to service |
OCEAN EAGLE |
40,000 dwt |
Grounding; ship broke in half |
USN responsible for bow section, MCS for stem; owner abandoned vessel early so wreck clearance was effected expeditiously; cargo was removed from stem to lightering vessel; cargo remaining in forward half offloaded by pumping into lightering vessel |
Pilot not yet aboard |
Major pollution occurred, most of oil was salved; both sections were scuttled in deep water by salvors |
OCEAN HANNE |
Small freight ship |
Grounded |
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ONDINA |
M/T |
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Dry salvage |
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PACIFIC VOYAGER |
Fishing vessel |
Wreck |
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Uneconomical to salvage because no reasonable-cost assets available |
PENROD HULL |
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Wet salvage |
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PENROD LEGS |
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Wet salvage |
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PERRYVILLE/ KUTN |
Product tanker |
Aground |
LOF SMIT/SASI; refloat; escort to New Orleans |
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PETRO SERVICE |
T/V |
Aground |
USCG removed gasoline to small barges; empty vessel dragged off reef |
2,000,000 gallons of gasoline on board |
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PLATFORM REMOVAL |
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Wet salvage |
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POINT LEVI |
Barge |
Grounded |
Offloaded; refloated; drydocked |
Loaded with crude; ice St. Lawrence River |
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PRESIDENTE RIVERA |
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Grounded on rock ledge; holed 7 tanks |
Damaged tanks lightered to barges; tugs and engine used to push off ledge; moved to dock; offloaded; temp patches |
Crew language barrier; crew incompetence; delays getting lightering barges; access to get salvage pumps on board; 3 knot river currents; tidal rise/fall; good salvage master; loadmaster computer onboard; good vessel condition; high cargo flashpoint |
304K gallons of #6 oil spilled, sent to drydock |
Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND |
VLCC |
Lost all power |
Local tugs unsuccessfully attempted to take ship under tow; ship's engineers restored power minutes before grounding would have occurred |
Fully loaded; drifting toward Columbia Glacier 30nmi away; response effort of local tugs inadequate |
No pollution; no damage to ship |
PROTESlLAUS/ GPGA |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
LOF; refloat; SMIT/SASl |
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PSARA |
Product carrier |
Vessel started taking slow rolls to 15 degrees; came to rest leaning on pier with 8 degree list; lines taught; 2 tugs holding against pier |
Careful soundings; calculation of ballast/offload sequence and quantities |
Mate used improper offload sequence |
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PUERTO RICAN |
T/V |
Explosion; fire, sinking |
USCG ordered vessel to sea; USCG, USN, and local fireboats put out fire; lightering barge; vessel broke in half |
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Forebody drydocked |
RAVEN |
Tug |
Fell off Marine Railway |
Refloated with floating crane |
Time critical as blocking ways |
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REGENT STAR |
Cruise ship |
Main switchboard fire; blackout and stranding |
Passengers removed by ferry vessel; refloated at high tide with tugs; careful ballast/fuel arrangement |
Hull strength due to bending at low tide; empty double bottoms created stability problem for refloating |
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RIO TUXPAN/XCRT |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
Offload; refloat; LOF |
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Docked at Vera Cruz |
ROBERT E. RESOFF |
Fish processor |
Broke moorings |
Controlled and returned to moorings by fishing vessels |
Capable vessels of opportunity willing to help |
Returned to service |
S.E.W.O.P MR. DON |
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Wet salvage |
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S/S SANTA ANNA |
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Dead in water |
Pumped 1,800 gallons fuel onboard to restart auxilliary generators; tug towed ship to Wilmington, NC |
Weather; communication; fatigue of crews; equipment failure; lack of specific kind of equipment |
Successful rescue |
S/S SAN JUAN |
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Grounding |
Channel closed; local tugs assisted; liquid loads were shifted; vessel successfully refloated without pollution |
Outstanding salvage master |
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S/S SINGAPORE TRADER |
Dry cargo |
High aground ship |
Used Sorbent C Filtration System to filter dirty ballast water in double bottom tanks; "clean water" pumped into St. Lawrence River; SINGAPORE TRADER brought to Montreal |
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No pollution in Montreal Harbor |
SANTAEVON |
M/V |
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Survey |
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SARAH FRANK |
Oil barge |
Sank |
Cleanup and pollution control by local vendors; salvage by lifting barge with DonJon Salvage Heavy Lift Floating Crane |
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Spilled large quantities of oil into Arthur Kill |
SEA ALASKA |
Fish processor |
Dragged anchor and grounded |
Refloated by fishing vessels |
Success determined by availability of assisting vessels of opportunity |
Returned to service |
SEA LUCK |
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Stranded on reefs |
No salvor; hired tugs and barges from east coast; lightered cargo to refloat |
Fully loaded with phosphates; time critical to refloat before bottom breached on rocks in exposed position |
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SEASPAN RIGGER |
Log barge |
Grounded |
Refloated by SALVAGE CHIEF |
Broken in half; availability of salvage vessel |
Returned to service |
Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Critical Factors |
SEAWITCH STERN |
M/V general cargo |
Capsized |
Drydocked in Brooklyn Navy Yard; complete salvage; towed to Newport News, VA |
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SENECA |
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Suffered severe storm damage; collision bulkhead collapsed; #1CT dumped into forepeak/focsle; propagating cracks in 4 consecutive main butt welds |
Examined double bottoms, focsle, and deck at sea to determine imminent danger; moved vessel to still water in bay; delicate offload over one week |
Severe owner interference |
Sent ship to drydock |
SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS |
Passenger vessel |
Caught fire |
Crew and local firefighters extinguished fire |
Time critical to loss of life |
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STAR 6 |
Tank barge |
Intentionally grounded |
Owners hired local contractor unable to provide necessary equipment and expertise; USCG lightered cargo; dewatered flooding wing tanks |
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Vessel moved to drydock |
STEELHEAD |
Oil production platform |
Gas blowout and fire |
Arrival of firefighting tug and two specialized high-output portable pumps (5,000 gpm/200 psi) mounted on vessels of opportunity; water used to cool platform structure while relief well was drilled to curtail flow of gas |
Fire tug on-site within 18 hours of blowout; portable pumps arrived within 8 hours of request by owners |
Successful" |
STOLT EXCELLENCE |
MV tanker |
Aground |
Lightering operation |
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STOLT SINCERITY |
Chemical product tanker |
Aground |
Refloated, SASI |
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SUNDANCER |
Cruise ship |
Sunk after grounding |
Refloated by Canadian company |
Availability of assets |
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SWALLOW |
M/V |
Grounded |
Lightened ship; refloated |
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T/B APEX 3417 |
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Collision; vessel sank, closed Houston Ship Canal |
Removed from channel with heavy lift cranes after several days; |
Economic need to reopen Houston Ship Canal; time delays in completing salvage due to fears of spilling additional oil; financial problems of bankrupt owner; salvage might have been completed sooner had method been available to determine amount of oil remaining in tanks |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
T/B STAR 6 |
Barge |
Leaking in its double hull voids and rakes |
Tow to port in Texas using small pump to de-water voids; ran out of fuel for pump, barge began to sink; tow decided to return to point of origin (Mobile), heading up mean ship channel barge began to capsize; tow grounded barge which sank in 12 feet of water coming to rest at 45% angle along starboard bilge; local contractor hired to patch holes in, and de-water, voids; equipment and compatibility problems arose due to caustic cargo; Strike Team pumped out voids and rakes; lightered cargo to a second barge |
Sunk barge in danger of sliding into and blocking Mobile Ship Canal and cutting off Mobile to all deep draft ship traffic |
Sunken barge righted and refloated |
TAE WONG |
M/V |
Aground |
Developed method to ignite remaining petroleum products on board and conduct in situ burning response |
Limits of liability; age of ship; remoteness of assets |
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TAO-191 |
Navy Fleet Tanker |
Dead shift broke adrift from tow, stranded |
Refloated by use of tugs and salvor DONJON MARINE |
Time critical for vessel in exposed position |
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TAURO DEL GOLFO |
M/V |
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Wet salvage |
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TENYO MARU |
F/V |
Sank in 500 feet water |
Remotely operated vehicle with attached camera inserted hose into porthole and removed 26,000 gallons of oil |
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Removed 26,000 gallons of oil |
TEXACO NORTH DAKOTA / KFDG |
Product tanker |
Collision |
LOF SMIT/SASI offloaded; re floated |
Loaded partly with gasoline |
Docked in Port Arthur |
TEXISTEPEC |
Phosphate bulker |
Stranded |
Refloated |
Time critical to remove from reef before breaking up on rocks in exposed seaway |
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TEXISTEPEC/ XCTW |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
Refloated; SMIT/SASI |
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THALASSINI EFHI/ELDF6 |
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Aground second time |
Refloat; tugs; LOF; SASI |
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THEANOULA |
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Flooded engine room |
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TIFOSO |
Large tanker |
Stranded on reef |
Had to get large tugs to site; vessels bottom heavily damaged; CTL; refloated and sunk offshore |
No cargo; time critical to refloat before vessel broke up and released bunkers |
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TIFOSO/ABGT |
M/Tank |
Grounded |
Refloated; SMIT, SASI liaison |
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TONKAWA |
Drilling barge |
Capsized |
Refloating with derrick barges |
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TOPAZ |
Small freighter |
Stranded on coral |
Per USCG, needed to remove bunkers prior to refloat; almost impossible to pump out bunker "C" without heat on dead ship; no salvor, used passing tugs to refloat |
No cargo on board; time critical to refloat before rocks breached hull in seaway |
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Vessel Name |
Vessel Type |
Situation |
Response |
Critical Factors |
Outcome |
TORREY CANYON |
VLCC |
Grounding |
Salvage Master and RN SupSalv on board, preparations being made to offload and de-water holed tank; explosion occurred incident to salvage preparations; Salvage Master killed; RAF bombed ship against advice of RN SupSalv in unsuccessful attempt to burn remaining cargo |
Fully loaded, explosion occurred incident to salvage preparations |
Major pollution occurred; ship total loss |
TRITON C/ELAP |
M/V general cargo |
Aground |
Part offloaded; SASI, refloated |
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TUGS TAMPICO |
M/V |
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Wet salvage |
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TULA |
M/V |
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Wet salvage |
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USCG MESQITE |
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Run aground |
Successfully picked up after being aground all winter |
Lost favorable weather window in December |
Picked up in spring, hazardous materials removed, and scuttled |
USNS MISSION SAN FRANCISCO |
T-2 tanker |
Collision; explosion; grounding; channel blockage; stern afloat, bow hard aground, loss of hull modulus in midbody |
Joint response (USN, Merritt Chapman Scott); 102 tons of ballast loaded in stern as stability ballast; operation interrupted due to fog and ice floes; second collision occurred casting stem section loose; 102 tons of stability ballast in addition to mid-body bottom structure was sufficient for adequate stability; protection of environment consisted of state-of-the-art best effort to deploy booms |
Sustained severe structural damage |
Stern salved; bow and mid-body broken up by explosive cutting and wrecking grabs and disposed of |
VEEDOL /ELWR |
M/V bulk cargo |
Aground |
Refloated; SMIT/SASI; LOF |
Aground at breakwater |
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VENCEMOS IV |
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Sank |
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Full cargo of cement; cement hardened bit by bit; lack of owner cooperation |
CTL; wreck removal project |
VENTURE LUNA |
Cargo vessel |
Grounded |
Refloated by own efforts; hull holed and spilling oil required owners and P&I to make an OPA 90 response |
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Continued voyage with temporary repairs |
WANDA WHEELOCK |
Large ITB barge |
Struck rock and sank |
Lightened to sister barge; refloated |
Obstructing river fairway |
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WEEKS #282 |
Barge |
Sank |
Refloated with pumps with local salvor |
Time critical as blocking river fairway |
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WESTERN BARGE |
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Wet salvage |
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WYWURRY |
MV bulkcarrier |
Aground |
Lightering operation |
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ZAMIA |
M/V |
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Dry salvage |
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ZOE COLLOCOTRONI |
44,000 dwt |
Grounding |
Offload of cargo using ships pumps, piping, and discharge connection |
Weather cooperated; owner supplied lightering vessel which was anchored astern |
Environmental pollution was minor |