Salvage Contracts Completed - 1990

Australasia and the South Pacific

ADITYA JYOTI | February 1990
6,607 dwt general cargo vessel, stranded and refloated off Daru Roads, Papua New Guinea.

GOLD STAR | February 1990
69,734 dwt bulk carrier, stranded fully laden on Cora Bank, Weipa. Refloated.

FIONA MARY | April 1990
30,674 dwt bulk carrier. Fully laden. Totally immobilised South Indian Ocean, 870 miles west of Fremantle. Ocean rescue and towed to Bunbury.

MAGLIM | April 1990
Cutter suction dredge. Capsized and sunk at Ok Ningi Dam (Folomian) Papua New Guinea. This salvage was carried out 700 miles from the sea and 1,622m above sea level.

SI YUAN No.1 | May 1990
Taiwanese fishing vessel. Refloated from reef approaches to Suva. Suffered hull and rudder damage.

PORTLAND | June 1990
23,262 grt bulk carrier. Holed in Cockburn Sound, WA Damage control and riding team provided.

VENTURE STAR | July 1990
32,000 dwt container ship aground Haven Passage Papua New Guinea. Refloated and redelivered to Alotau.

KIM LIEN | July 1990
10,000 dwt general cargo vessel aground Sinavi Reef, Papua New Guinea. Refloated and redelivered to Port Moresby.

KINES | July 1990
1,166 grt fishing vessel. Disabled Amamapare, Irian Jaya. Towed to Cairns.

BLUEFIN ENDEAVOUR | July 1990
1,010 grt Purse Seine tuna vessel. Engine room fire off Manus. Extinguished fire. Towed to Madang and fish off-loaded. Towed to Cairns.

CAJUN QUEEN | September 1990
Fishing vessel stranded on Cakaulekaleka Reef, Fiji. Refloated and towed to Suva Harbour.

BEAUMARIS | September 1990
200 dwt laden coastal freighter stranded in Nesup Channel, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Refloated and towed to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

MACCHI JET TRAINER | December 1990
Location and recovery of wreckage of RAAF jet aircraft which crashed into sea off Newcastle, NSW.

United Kingdom

GOLCONDA 1
7,302 grt tanker aground in bad weather on North Kent coast. Refloated.

SEALINK
17,477 grt bulk carrier aground River Humber. Refloated.

FORTUNE BELL
5,425 grt chemical tanker disabled mid-Atlantic. Towed to Azores.

RAPANA
121,165 dwt tanker pump room explosion North Sea. Salvage team and equipment provided to make casualty safe.