Fuel Removal from Capsized Vessel
Salvage crews from international salvage company Resolve Marine Group, Inc. have begun recovery work on the iron ore carrying vessel Black Rose which sank last month in the Bay of Bengal, India. Resolve’s team was awarded the tender by the Paradip Port Trust and will be pumping some 925 tonnes of fuel oil and 50 tonnes of diesel oil, as reported by officials, from the stricken ship which sank with the loss of one life 5km off the Paradip coastline on September 9. The accident spot is close to the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary…
U.S. Firm to Remove Oil from Sunk Ship
According to an Oct. 9 report from The Times of India, Paradip Port Trust authorities said they had selected a U.S. company to pump out oil from Mongolian vessel Black Rose, which sank on September 9. PPT chairman K Raghuramiah said the Florida-based Resolve Marine Group was shortlisted for the task after studying four tenders. (Source: The Times of India)