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The operation to cut the TRICOLOR is rapidly moving forward. After completing three successful cuts already, the salvage team started cutting the fourth section this morning.

After cutting the bow section of the TRICOLOR on August 25, it took the team only two and a half days to position the jackup-rigs ‘Buzzard’ and ‘Vagant’ and to install the cutting wire.
When the fourth cut is successfully completed, the team will prepare for the fifth cut. Once these cuts have been completed, the sections will be lifted from the seabed and placed on top of the SMITBARGE 2.

The sections that were already lifted and transported, are being scrapped on a special prepared site in Zeebrugge (Belgium).

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
Internet: www.tricolorsalvage.com