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.

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Photo 2
Communicating with the divers in the radio room.

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Photo 3
Two crewmembers of the floating cranes ‘Rambiz’, in the background the ‘Asian Hercules II’.

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Photo 4
Three crewmembers looking on…

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Photo 5
…as the first section of the TRICOLOR surfaces from the sea.

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Photo 6
A diver is being lowered into the waters surrounding the TRICOLOR.

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Photo 7
Captain B.M. Kleijwegt, the project manager of the salvage operation, explains a few things to the press.

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Photo 8
Crewchange in Zeebrugge.

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Photo 9
Part of the crew onboard the Taklift 4.

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