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Keep the following information at hand when you contact us in case of an emergency:
Initial info:
What? Where? When?

Type and cause of accident:
Fire – collision - grounding

Known damage:
What is the known damage? Where is it located?

Contact details:
Which contact details can we use at all times?

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SMIT’s response centres in Rotterdam, Houston, Cape Town and Singapore provide a 24-hour link to customers, vessels and agents.

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Projects

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MSC Napoli

Container ship ‘MSC Napoli' suffered severe damage during a violent storm in the English Channel on 18 January 2007. SMIT Salvage was contracted to salvage the vessel which involves the discharge of all 2300 containers and the ultimate refloating of the vessel.

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Dina Barge

'Dina Barge' (diameter: 120 x 33.5 x 7.6 m), laden with a cargo of 12 hulls (6500 tons ttl), was on route from the Far East to Europe when, during severe monsoon conditions, it broke off from the main vessel 'YM Shanghai'. It finally ran aground 90 km south of Mumbai (India).

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UND Adriyatik

Ro-ro vessel ‘UND Adriyatik' was suffering from a fire on board, off the coast of Pula, Croatia.

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Mighty Servant 3

In the morning of 6 December 2006 semi submersible vessel 'Mighty Servant 3' developed a list and sank off the port of Luanda, Angola, after the offloading of drilling platform ‘Aleutian Key'.

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Hurricane Rita

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, a weakened but still powerful Hurricane Rita altered its course to threaten residents in Louisiana and Texas. Rita was the fifth major hurricane in the U.S.A. of that season.

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Selendang Ayu

The Malaysian flagged 225 metres long cargo vessel suffered a main engine breakdown, drifted without power, grounded and eventually broke in two off the coast of Western Unalaska Island.