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Dockwise contracted SMIT for salvage Mighty Servant 3
Breda, January 23, 2007
Issued on behalf of Dockwise, owners of the vessel
Dockwise has contracted SMIT Salvage to salvage the Mighty Servant 3. Dockwise has chosen Smit out of four competitors for their experience and the fact that they have equipment ready near the North Angolan coast where the vessel is resting at the sea bottom in approx. 53 meters of water after it sank on 6th of December 2006.
Over the last weeks SMIT Salvage already conducted a complete diving survey to investigate the situation and remove the vessel’s bunker oil and pollutants that were on board. Now all the bunker oil is removed, the salvage operation can start. The Mighty Servant 3 will be recovered with the aid of the sheerlegs cranebarge ‘Taklift 7’ and by pressurizing the various compartments with compressed air. The salvage operation itself will likely take 6 to 7 weeks. The cause of the incident will be further investigated once the vessel is lifted. As soon as the vessel is fully recovered Dockwise intents to award a repair contract to a yard still to be nominated. The company expects to have the vessel back in operation in the first quarter of 2008.
All of the 21 crew of the vessel that were taken of the vessel at the 6th of December returned home before Christmas.