Fires, strandings, wreck recoveries – busy times for salvors

Smit Salvage faced a complex operation following the fire onboard 'ASL Bauhinia' (MarineTraffic-Artjoms Kusiks)

‘There’s a ship parked in my garden’ was one media headline describing the 11,135dwt container vessel NCL Salten running aground near Trondheim in May.

Maritime Journal contributor Peter Barker gives an overview of that and other recent salvage activities that have kept salvors busy so far this year. 

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