ISU to Press Case for Environmental Awards

01 Oct 2006

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU), meeting in Singapore earlier this month, unanimously decided to continue to press the case for Environmental Awards for pollution prevention services. This matter will be taken forward by a new ISU Committee headed by Vice President Arnold Witte.   

'CP Valour' Removal Completed

01 Oct 2006

A SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage team last month refloated ‘CP Valour’, the container vessel which grounded last December in the Azores. The salvage team succeeded in towing CP Valour away from the grounding site but a violent storm overwhelmed the wreck, which went down in very deep water some 20 miles north west off Faial. There were no casualties. The wreck had been emptied of pollutants and, therefore, presents no environmental hazard.  

Multraship Completes Salvage of 'Gulizar Ana'

01 Oct 2006

Salvage and towage company Multraship has successfully righted the Turkish general cargo ship Gulizar Ana, which capsized on September 10 in the Romanian port of Galati while loading cargo, and has redelivered the vessel to its owners. It is thought that the capsizing of the 3,300 dwt vessel was due to shifting of its cargo of steel coils and forklifts, although investigations are still under way.