This site is a source of information about the development,
background and progress of the remarkable salvage of the TRICOLOR,
one of the biggest wrecks ever to be removed.
Salvage team
Photo 1 A diver receives assistance after surfacing from the wreckage.
Photo 2 Communicating with the divers in the radio room.
Photo 3 Two crewmembers of the floating cranes ‘Rambiz’, in the background the ‘Asian Hercules II’.
Photo 4 Three crewmembers looking on…
Photo 5 …as the first section of the TRICOLOR surfaces from the sea.
Photo 6 A diver is being lowered into the waters surrounding the TRICOLOR.
Photo 7 Captain B.M. Kleijwegt, the project manager of the salvage operation, explains a few things to the press.