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The CBT salvage team is continuing its work on the ‘Tricolor’ wreckage in the English Channel. The floating sheerlegs ‘Taklift 4’ and the supporting vessels ‘Union Beaver’ and ‘Banckert’, which have been working on the wreckage since the re-start of the salvage operation in May, have continued their activities. The sheerlegs is picking up debris from the battered deckside of the vessel. So far this year the sheerlegs has removed approximately 5.000 tons of debris.

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.

For more details please contact:
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