Salvage Contracts Completed - 2000

Australasia and the South Pacific

SOUTHERN MOANA II | January 2000
2,893 grt island trading vessel broken down off northern NSW coast. Towed into Brisbane.

STOLT OTOME | February 2000
7,000 dwt chemical carrier immobilised in Capricorn Channel, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Towed into Mackay.

NEMOS | April 2000
2,000 dwt ro-ro vessel aground off Port Moresby. Refloated, towed into port and redelivered to owners.

BADER III | April 2000
36,387 grt cattle carrier broken down in Indian Ocean south-west of Fremantle. Towed into Fremantle.

SEAFRESH | 1 May/June 2000
450 tonne fishing vessel sunk off Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Bunkers removed and vessel prepared for scuttling in deep water.

WORLD DISCOVERER | May/June 2000
3,300 grt passenger vessel partially sunk at Sandfly Passage, Florida Islands, Solomon Islands. Patched, refloated and partially pumped dry before, subsequent to a coup, armed insurgents forced suspension of the operation.

NORTH HEAD | July 2000
Ex Sydney ferry immobilised in Bass Strait. Towed into Eden, NSW.

FENG LI | July 2000
9,329 grt car carrier immobilised in Bass Strait. Towed to Melbourne, Victoria.

ANAX | August 2000
35,00 dwt bulk carrier immobilised in the Bismarck Sea towed to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

LIGAYA | August 2000
Small cargo vessel immobilised in Torres Strait towed to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

RAKIURA MARU | September 2000
23,872 dwt bulk carrier immobilised at Bluff, New Zealand. Towed to Newcastle, NSW and Brisbane for dry docking.

PELANDER | September 2000
2 tugs mobilised to assist 24,891 grt car carrier immobilised off South Australian coast.

TAWE | November 2000
Small tug refloated off Port Kembla, NSW.

BUNGA TERATAI SATU | November 2000
1,900 TEU container vessel aground off Cairns in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Refloated and redelivered to owners at Sydney, NSW.

SEA STAR | December 2000
Fishing vessel refloated off reef near Munda, West Solomon Islands.

United Kingdom

COASTAL BAY
2,481 grt container ship aground on Anglesey, west coast UK. Refloated and towed to Liverpool.

MARIA D
2,760 grt general cargo ship disabled in bad weather in English Channel. Towed to Dover.

POOJA
33,111 dwt bulk carrier aground in bad weather off Falmouth. Refloated and towed into Falmouth.

JENS R
2,980 grt general cargo ship disabled in bad weather off Land's End, UK. Towed to Falmouth.