'Tricolor' Collisions Prompt Renewed Safety Calls

The SMIT Salvage vessel Asian Hercules II in position to receive fuel bunkers from the sunken car carrier Tricolor.

Following the initial collision which sank the car transporter Tricolor in the English Channel last month and two subsequent incidents where other vessels collided with the barely submerged hulk, Deep Sea and Coastal Pilots has renewed its call for ship owners and masters to seek help in the busy lanes ...

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