’Twin Star’

27 January 2006 - April 2006

In very heavy fog 23701 DWT bulk carrier ‘Twin Star’, laden with rolled steel coil, was involved in a collision with the Cypriot vessel ‘Pintail’ off the port of Callao, Peru.
The M/V ‘Alice’ was also involved in the same collision but sustained no damage.

The ‘Twin Star’ on the other hand sustained severe damage on her starboard side and, as a consequence, began to sink slowly, until only her antenna jutted out above the water. Some of her fuel oil tanks were ruptured, causing a minor leakage of oil.

SMIT was contracted to remove the remaining bunker and fuel oil. 

November 2006 - April 2007
Mid-November 2006 SMIT was contracted as well to remove the cargo, consisting of 22000 tonnes of rolled steel coil from the sunken bulk carrier. Subsequently the vessel was removed from the seabed.