2010
Genius Star VIII On Tuesday evening 8 June 2010, bulk carrier ’Genius Star VIII’ ran aground approximately 3 miles north-west from Tanjung Jamboaye, Sumatera, Indonesia.
Piya Bhum On 1 May 2010, cargo vessel ’Piya Bhum’ ran aground near Surabaya, Indonesia.
Margaret The ’Margaret’ ran aground on the Cape West Coast, South Africa on 24 June 2009 with a cargo of 12 river barges and two floating docks.
Asian Forest ’MV Asian Forest’, a general cargo vessel, loaded manganese ore in Mangalore, India encountered rough seas upon departure of the port...
2009
Rayben Star Mid-December MV ’Rayben Star’ (6100 DWT) lost propulsion off the coast of Morocco.
Grand Fortune Bulk carrier ’Grand Fortune’ fully laden with more than 150,000 MT of iron ore suffered main engine generator problems...
Divi Divi On 22 October a small commercial aircraft with nine passengers made an emergency landing at sea between Curacao and Bonaire, following a failure in one of the engines.
Tanto Niaga Indonesian flagged vessels ‘Tanto Niaga’ (5283gt, built 1974) and ‘Mitra Ocean’ (8639gt built 1977) were involved in a collision off Tanjung Perak on 22 May 2009.
Marko Polo On Saturday 24 October 2009, the passenger ferry ‘Marco Polo’ grounded on the Northern tip of the Island Sit, Croatia...
Eco Africa On 12 October while the mt ’Eco Africa’ (150,000 DWT) was discharging her cargo of crude oil at a terminal in the Gulf of Suez, a fire broke out in the engine room.
Thedoros P Bulk carrier ’Theodoros P’ (64,954DWT), laden with iron ore pallets, ran aground in the Great Bitter Lake, Egypt on 29 August 2009.
Seli 1 Bulk carrier ‘Seli 1’ was en route to Gibraltar with 30000 tonnes of coal onboard and carrying approximately 660 tonnes of fuel. Shortly before midnight on Monday 7 September 2009, she ran aground at Blouberg, Cape Town.
Xin Dong Guan III M.V. ’Xin Dong Guan III’ laden with 60292 metric tons of manganese ore was on her way to Qinzhou, China from Australia and was transiting Eastern off Port Limits, Singapore for bunkering.
Austanger On 30 July 2009, whilst en route from Nueva Palmira - Uruguay to Santos - Brazil, vessel ‘Austanger’ ran aground in the Martin Garcia Channel.
Full City On Thursday evening 30 July 2009 bulk carrier ‘Full City’, 26,758 DWT (in ballast and at anchor off the port of Langesund, Norway, awaiting her berth) was trapped in a sudden storm, causing her anchor to drag, she came to rest on the rocks.
Ystwyth Bulk carrier ‘Ystwyth’, built 1981, carrying 75,200 MT of bauxite in bulk, ran aground off Moro port, Durian Strait, Indonesia on 24 July 2009.
Maria M On 14 July 2009 the laden chemical/products tanker ‘Maria M’ (40, 057 dwt) grounded off Gothenburg (Sweden).
Kiran The laden bulk carrier ’Kiran’ ( 175,048 DWT) en route from Saldanha Bay (South Africa ) to China experienced main engine failure off the coast off Cape Town (South Africa) and was in danger of running aground.
Vincenzo Florio On Friday 29 May, passenger/RoRo vessel ’Vincenzo Florio’ caught fire about 25 miles from the Sicilian port of Palermo, Italy. The vessel was travelling from Naples to Palermo when the blaze started.
Pine Trader Bulk carrier ‘Pine Trader’ was en route to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with 220 tonnes of fuel onboard and carrying a cargo of 20500 tonnes of bagged rice when she suffered an engine failure off the coast of Cape Town.
UAL Nigeria On 3 May, general cargo vessel ’UAL Nigeria’ (6,714GT, built 2000) experienced shaft tail problems off Barbados.
Costanza M In the early hours of Saturday 25 April month-old combined chemical/product tanker ‘Costanze M’ experienced serious damage to her main engine.
Ice Prince While passing the English Channel in rough weather the cargo of the ’Ice Prince’ shifted, which caused a list of 25 degrees.
SKS Satilla On 6 March, fully laden crude oil tanker ’SKS Satilla’ reported a list of 8 degrees off Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Eltanin Bulkcarrier MV Eltanin, laden with 44.000 metric tons of sulphur, ran aground on 1 March, 14 miles off Sabine, Texas USA.
Ameglia Star On 7 February the general cargo ship ’Ameglia Star’, laden with 9400 tonnes of marble blocks, grounded in the approach channel to Tripoli port, Libya.
2008
Golden 168 On 24 December 2008, a Chinese general cargo vessel, ’Golden 168’, suffered a severe engine room fire that resulted in the main engine being completely immobilized.
Crete Cement In the night of 19 November 2008, cement carrier ’Crete Cement’ ran aground at Fagerstrand near Oslo, Norway.
Vinalines Saigon Bulk carrier ’Vinalines Saigon’ (15867 GT, built 1991) laden with 21,000 tonnes of wood logs ran agrounded on a lava rock off Owendo, Gabon.
Grandiosa On 25 September mv ’Grandiosa’ grounded on a sandbank on the Río Paraná, river in Argentina.
Antalina Hurricane Ike was the third major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. SMIT Salvage was called to provide assistance to bulk carrier mv ‘Antalina’.
Nena J Bulk carrier Nena J, 43230 DWT, transporting steel pipes from India for Chile experienced engine trouble and was in danger of running aground near Gansbaai, Cape Town coastline.
Dina Barge ’Dina Barge’ (diameter: 120 x 33.5 x 7.6 m), laden with a cargo of 12 hulls (6500 tons ttl), was on route from the Far East to Europe when, during severe monsoon conditions...
Weskus I and Seawin Sapphire Two fishing vessels – ‘Weskus I’ and ‘Seawin Sapphire’ - ran aground in the vicinity of Derdesteen, south of Melkbosstrand, on the afternoon of Thursday 31 July.
Westernstar On 24 July 2008, SMIT Salvage was awarded a contract to assist the unfortunate multi-purpose container vessel ’Westernstar’...
Fomalhaut SMIT Salvage was contracted on 14th July 2008 to assist the unfortunate bulk carrier ’Fomalhaut’.
Peonia Tanker ’Peoni’ laden with vegetable oil grounded of the coast of Cape Verde Islands.
Gulf Nomad Combined chemical/products tanker ‘Gulf Nomad’ (44,803 DWT), laden with gas oil, grounded while entering the port of Maputo in Mozambique.
Sibulk Innovation This bulk carrier, fully laden with bauxite was en-route from India to China, when she collided with another tanker off Singapore and suffered rupture...
Haven Mid-April SMIT Salvage started a project to remove oil residues from the wreck of the VLCC ‘Haven’, off the coast of Genoa, Italy.
Cembay On Sunday 6 April, bulker carrier ’Cembay’, laden with cement suffered an engine failure just outside the port of Calica and grounded.
Natissa General cargo vessel ‘Natissa’, fully laden with cement, grounded on a rocky coast of Porquerolle, France.
Artemis SMIT Salvage assisted when the vessel ‘Artemis’ grounded on the French coast.
Ficus Combined chemical and product tanker ‘Ficus’, laden with MoGas and JetOil, grounded off Nassau, Bahamas.
Norsul Vctoria and Norsul 12 On 31 January 2008 the combined vessels pusher tug ‘Norsul Vitoria’ and barge ‘Norsul 12’, laden with 340 tonnes steel coils, capsized in the shipping lane northeast of Ilja de Sao Francisco off Cabo Jago Dias.
UND Adriyatik Ro-ro vessel ‘UND Adriyatik’ was suffering from a fire on board, off the coast of Pula, Croatia.
Zen Hua 10 In the night of Friday to Saturday 2 February, due to heavy wind, heavy lift vessel ’Zhen Hua 10’ grounded alongside the beach, just outside Rotterdam on the Maasvlakte.
Sagarkiran On 17 January bulk carrier ‘Sagarkiran’, 74,000 DWT built 1994, grounded off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2007
CSK Unity On 16 October 2007 bulk carrier ’CSK Unity’ (36074 gt, built 1995) grounded whilst outbound from Amazon River near the sea entrance at Canal du Norte.
MOL Discovery Container vessel ‘MOL Discovery’ LOA of 253 metres, 40499 DWT, ran aground near Ras Shukheir, Egypt.
Chang Le Men On 7 September 2007 just after leaving the port of Mangalore, India the 16.100 mt fine iron ore onboard general cargo ’Chang Le Men’ (17,000 dwt, built 1982) suddenly starting shifting.
Tigris Leader On 30 July car carrier ’Tigris Leader’ suffered engine failure off of the coast of Cape Town, South Africa and the powerful salvage tug ’Smit Amandla’ was called in to assist the vessel.
Arcadia Progress Bulk carrier ‘Arcadia Progress’ ran aground on the beach, off Porbandar, Gujarat, India due to stormy weather.
Minerva Concert Greek oil tanker ‘Minerva Concert’, laden with 81000 tonnes of crude oil, grounded close to the Isle of Samso, Denmark...
Bourbon Dolphin ‘Bourbon Dolphin’ capsized on Thursday 12th April whilst performing offshore services for the drill platform ‘Transocean Rather’.
Phoenix Beta Tanker ‘Phoenix Beta’, carrying 66000 tonnes of crude oil, grounded shortly after leaving Maracaibo (Venezuela).
MSC Napoli Container ship ‘MSC Napoli’ suffered damage during the violent storm in the English Channel on 18 January 2007.
Nautilus The Dutch flagged hopper suction dredger ‘Nautilus’ (3880 gt, built 1996) capsized on 30 November 2006 during dredging activities at the port of Pointe Noire, Congo.
Bitumen Glory Whilst on voyage from Malaysia to India the ’Bitumen Glory’ (5000 DWT, built in 1985) laden with 4300 tonnes of bitumen suffered an engine room fire.
Golden River SMIT Salvage was contracted by the owners and underwriters on LOF 2000 to refloat the unfortunate ’Gold River’ which grounded off Douala, Cameroon.
2006
Mighty Servant 3 In the morning of 6 December semi submersible vessel ’Mighty Servant 3’ developed a list and sank after the offloading of the drilling platform ‘Aleutian Key’.
Al Khattab Dredger ’Al Khattab’, owned by the Suez Canal Authority, capsized and sank early September 2006.
Peach Mountain Fully laden bulker ‘Peach Mountain’ (40000 DWT, built 1996) collided with a container vessel off Tanjung Perak, Surabaya Indonesia on 2 October.
Kew Bridge On 14 September 2006 LPG carrier ‘Kew Bridge’, loaded with 8000 tonnes of liquified butane, ran aground at Ratnagiri, India.
Gulsum Ana This bulk carrier 33423 DWT loaded with cargo of coal was en route to the Suez Canal, when the cargo of coal spontaneously caught fire in the first two holds.
Fantasy 1 The vessel product tanker 23000 DWT grounded Saint Lorenzo Pirana River, Argentina.
Folegandros MV ‘Folegandros’ loaded with 366175 MT crude oil went aground Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Polaris S ’Polaris S’ loaded with 19876 MT of soya beans went aground Prevesa, Greece.
Safmarine Agulhas Because of an engine failure, container ship ‘Safmarine Agulhas’ ran heavily aground on Monday night 26th June at approximately 21h15, shortly after leaving the port of East London en route to Durban.
Front Sunda Some 210 nm from Singapore an explosion occurred on board of the 77931 GRT crude oil tanker, causing a fire.
Rig ’A Turtle’ The rig was being towed from Brazil to Taiwan and due to bad weather conditions she ran aground on the remote Island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Spar Jade The vessel, laden with grain, ran aground in the port of Tema, Ghana on Friday 9th June just after high water when approaching the berth.
Ocean Seraya Near to the port of Karwar, India, 73652 DWT bulk carrier ‘Ocean Seraya’ ran aground on the rocks.
Spar Orion 0.3 nm east of Port Everglades, Florida - U.S.A., the bulk carrier ‘Spar Orion’ ran aground the morning of 17th May 2006.
Maunakea The 6400 DWT reefer vessel ‘Maunakea’ fully laden with frozen squid suffered an engine room fire and was immobilized off South West Sumatera, Indonesia.
California SMIT Salvage Singapore was contracted by the owners and their P&I Club to remove the bunker oil from the bulk carrier ‘California’, which sank after a collision off Malacca, Malaysia in the Strait of Malacca on Thursday 23 March 2006.
Höegh Gandria This LNG tanker, carrying a cargo of ammonia, required SMIT’s assistance after her engine room had flooded.
Kim Jacob Kim Jacob, 158,000 DWT crude carrier, fully laden with Venezuelan heavy crude oil grounded on a sandbank at Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, whilst on her way to St. Croix, USA for discharge.
Twin Star 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.
2005
Margaret M/V Margaret sank outside the breakwater of La Spezia’s port, Italy on the 3rd December 2005.
Michelle At the end of August 2005, the two freighters ‘Michelle’ and ‘Kiefernwald’ collided with each other for reasons yet unknown.
SITC Bangkok 17,250 DWT container vessel laden with 530 containers ran aground on Depond Reef offshore Cambodia.
Bulgaria 53.000 DWT bulk carrier laden with soya beans grounded on the Amazon River, Brasil.
Hurricane Rita Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, a weakened but still powerful Hurricane Rita altered its course to threaten residents in Louisiana and Texas.
Umfolozi The ’Umfolozi’ was involved in a collision with trailing suction hopper dredge ’Ingwenya’.
’Huricane Katrina’ Salvage With wind speeds of 280 kilometres an hour Hurricane Katrina struck the US Gulf Coast and caused havoc across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
Front Rider 169,170 DWT cape size bulk carrier fully laden with iron ore ran aground close to Horsburgh light house off Singapore.
Milano Salvage fire fighting This reefer vessel, 137 meters in length caught fire of the port of Casablanca, Morocco.
Eugenio Salvage refloat On 7th August the cargo carrier ‘Eugenio’, laden with containers, grounded near Fort Dauphin, Madagascar.
Sea Star Salvage refloat A tug and salvage team from SMIT Salvage in Singapore were mobilised to the grounding area to refloat the tanker ‘Sea Star’ at Berhanti in Indonesian waters.
New Auspicious Salvage refloat This 48,000 DWT bulk carrier was refloated by a salvage team from SMIT Salvage Singapore.
Royal Pacific Salvage wreck removal cutting wire In July the cruise ferry Royal Pacific capsized in the port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, fortunately without loss of life.
Everise Glory Salvage wreck removal In mid-Augustus SMIT Salvage started with a major wreck removal close to the Malaysian/ Singaporean boundary.
Alliance Salvage After touching a rock, the captain of the research vessel ’Alliance’ had to beach his ship on the Isle of Pianosa, Italy in order to prevent the vessel from sinking.
Norasia Taurus Salvage Containter vessel ’Norasia Taurus’ caught fire off the Port of Damietta, Egypt.
Starluck Salvage refloat The ’Starluck’, fully laden with wheat, ran aground off Necochea, Argentina.
Aniara A fire started in the engine room of the Korean car carrier ‘Aniara’, which was carrying 4300 cars during her stay in Piraeus, Greece.
Polska Walczaca Vessel grounded near Hoek van Holland.
2005
MSC Al Amine Salvage This 17.000 dwt container vessel grounded at the rocky coast of Tunis.
Tor Dania Salvage wreck refloat Vessel grounded near Hoek van Holland.
Genmar Kestrel Salvage This 150.000 dwt fully laden tanker collided with another suezmax tanker (’Trijata’) off Port Said, Egypt.
Red Point Gasoline tanker ran aground near a Brazilian port.
Vicuna SMIT Salvage was awarded a contract to remove the total loss declared 17465 DWT chemical tanker ‘Vicuna’.
Selendang Ayu The cargo vessel ‘Selendang Ayu’ ran aground after suffering a main engine failure.
Red Fern 75,000 DWT Panamax-built carrier grounded off Balikpapan, Indonesia.
BBC China ’BBC China’ ran aground near south Durban.
Irinikos ‘Irinikos’ grounded near Brindisi, Italy.
High Endurance After colliding with a large container vessel, the oil tanker ‘High Endurance’ caught fire near the port of Singapore.
Iran Ardebil Container vessel grounded near Yemen.
Spring Peacock The ‘Spring Peacock’ grounded near Brazil.
Koutalianos Ore carrier grounded near Egypt.
Cape Africa Fully loaded ore carrier lost side shell plates.
Everton The fully-loaded tanker ‘Everton’ collided with a Chinese fishing factory.
Bow Mariner ‘Bow Mariner’ exploded and sank near Virginia.
Pride of America Large cruise ship capsized in Bremerhaven.
Rocknes The ‘Rocknes’ was on her way to Emden when she hit an underwater rock and capsized within minutes.
Tasman Spririt This 90000 DWT Aframax tanker ran aground near the entrance to Karachi port. She broke in two and caused an enormous oil spill.
AD-19 Jack up rig capsized and sank in Saudi Arabian waters.
San Sebastian Fully-loaded tanker suffered an explosion.
Alliance Spirit Total loss Aframax tanker grounded off Skikda.
Tricolor Car carrier sank after colliding with a container vessel.
Vermontborg New build hull lost during bad weather.
Hidir Selek Fully laden bulk carrier grounded in the Mississippi river after collision avoidance manoeuvres.
Seaspan Rigger Specialist Log barge capsized during the log discharge operation.
Rowan Houston Jack-up platform in the Gulf of Mexico was severely damaged after being hit by hurricane Lili.
Nino Product tanker carrying gasoline and diesel oil ran aground off East London – South Africa.
Jolly Rubino This ro-ro vessel caught fire off the east coast of South Africa and subsequently ran aground off Richards Bay, South Africa in severe weather and sea conditions.
Wreck removal operation in Western Scheldt River 38 wrecks removed from the Scheldt River.
Kapitan Zhuravliov Tanker that ran aground off the port of Batumi, Georgia Black Sea.
Barrier Container vessel that lost her rudder off the South African coast.
Prairie Sky Fully laden bulkcarrier with steel coils collided in the Panama Canal with chemical tanker ’Stolt Preservence’.
Stena King Fully laden ULCC off Fujairah, Oman in collision with VLCC ’British Vigilance’ in ballast.
Ince Express Fully laden bulkcarrier with clinkers ran aground off Gizan, Saudi Arabia. The salvage operation comprised of an inspection and the discharge of a certain amount of cargo.
Hunte Coaster that beached the Isle of Texel, The Netherlands, during heavy weather.
Sloman Traveller Ro-Ro vessel laden with trucks and containers carrying various chemicals, caught fire in heavy weather close to Isle of Terschelling, the Netherlands.
Petrobas 36 oil production platform Emergency response to P36 casualty.
Norma Product tanker fully laden with nafta grounded at the entrance of the port of Paranaqua (Brazil).
Heng Shan Fire occurred in the holds of the ’Heng Shan’ whilst it was being discharged at Manzanillo, Mexico.
Ehime Maru Salvage Raising the Japanese fishery training vessel ’Ehime Maru’from a water depth of approximately 600 meters and transport of the wreck to a shallow water location.
Kursk Russia Salvage of the Russian nuclear submarine ’Kursk’ and transport of the submarine into a drydock in Murmansk.
Ievoli Sun pollutant recovery Pollutant recovery from sunken chemical tanker.
Ikan Tanda Cargo removal and refloating of grounded vessel.
Westerschelde (phase II) Wreck removal contract awarded by the Dutch Maritime Directorate to the project joint-venture CWW...

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