ISU Welcomes Release

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has welcomed the release from detention in Pakistan of Tsavliris Salvage Master Nicolas Pappas and members of the crew of the tanker Tasman Spirit , which had run aground and broken up in the approaches to the Port of Karachi . The ISU called upon Spain to follow the example set by Pakistan and repatriate Captain Mangouras, Master of the tanker Prestige , who remains unable to leave Spain more than two years after the sinking of his vessel off the Spanish coast.