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Today, the salvage team successfully lifted the first section of the ‘TRICOLOR’ and placed the section on top of the ‘GIANT 4’ (a semi-submersible barge) at 5:45 p.m. The very difficult tandem lift was executed by the sheerlegs (floating cranes) ‘Asian Hercules II’ and the ‘Rambiz’. The salvage team encountered no problems and is very satisfied with the success of this remarkable lift.

The barge will transport the section to a specially prepared site in Zeebrugge (Belgium) where the cargo will be disposed. At that site any materials that may have a detrimental environmental impact will be removed. Eventually the cargo will be dismantled and destroyed.

The salvage of the TRICOLOR is being carried out by the ‘Combinatie Berging Tricolor’, a consortium consisting of: SMIT Salvage B.V., Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors N.V., URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting N.V., and Multraship Salvage B.V. The salvage contract was awarded to the consortium by Wilh. Wilhelmsen and Gard Services.

Combinatie Berging Tricolor
Lars Walder
Public Relations Manager CBT
Tel: +31 (0) 10 454 92 74
Mobile: +31 (0) 6 53 43 27 65
Mail: l.walder@smit.com