Salvage Contracts Completed - 1997

Australasia and the South Pacific

BULOU NI CEVA | May 1997
Inter-island ro-ro cargo/passenger vessel refloated off Kadavu Island, Fiji.

SILVER DRAGON | July 1997
6,000 dwt log carrier refloated from reef at entrance to Port Moresby Harbour, Papua New Guinea.

DAKSHINESHWAR | July 1997
47,000 dwt bulk carrier refloated from reef in Torres Strait, north Queensland, Australia.

MING MERCY | August 1997
66,798 dwt bulk carrier immobilised off Port Kembla following fire. Towed to Sydney and thereafter to Port Moresby on Towhire.

FONG SEONG 88 | August 1997
Fishing vessel refloated in Suva Harbour on Lump Sum.

SUEHIRO MARU | August 1997
Small fishing vessel refloated off Suva Harbour, Fiji, on Lump Sum.

ENTERPRISE | September 1997
8,709 dwt bulk carrier immobilised off Bass Strait. Towed to Sydney.

YONG YU No. 1 | September 1997
Fishing vessel aground Solomon Islands. Refloat attempts unsuccessful. Vessel abandoned.

PINE TRUST | October 1997
22,300 dwt bulk carrier aground in Shark Bay, WA. Refloated on Towhire.

United Kingdom

BONA FULMAR
78,585 dwt OBO in collision Dover Strait. Damage control, temporary repairs and escort to Rotterdam.

FEROSA
173,149 dwt tanker disabled Western Mediterranean. Towed to Gibraltar.

ELLA WONSILD
3,294 grt chemical tanker aground off Norfolk coast, UK. Refloated.

SAND KITE
4,425 grt dredger collision with Thames Tidal Barrier, London, and sank. Refloated and towed upriver for temporary repairs.

SAPPHIRE
70,681 dwt tanker disabled Western Mediterranean. Towed to Gibraltar.

KUKAWA
29,572 grt ro-ro on fire off Channel Islands. Towed to Falmouth and fire extinguished.