To main content

Flash

Emergency response

Call SMIT 24/7 at
+31 10 454 99 11
salvage@smit.com


Help us to help you.
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?

On the 25th of June the bulk carrier 'Flash' ran aground near the Galite Islands. The unfortunate vessel was loaded with a cargo of about 130,000t of coal. Immediately SMIT Salvage mobilized a team of experts to render assistance.

A first assessment revealed that a considerable amount of coal had to be lightered before the vessel could be refloated. In cooperation with local port authorities OOMP, SMIT Salvage was contracted to refloat the vessel on the 26th of June under LOF terms and conditions. Support craft consisting of tugs and lightering craft were mobilized straight away.

The coal was discharged to three different offloading bulk carriers and the empty holds were filled with seawater to minimize the bending forces on the 290 m vessel. With the help of specialized pumps and the pulling force of the Boskalis-owned 200TBP 'Union Manta', the Flash was refloated on the 1st of August. Following a dive inspection and temporary repairs she was subsequently redelivered to her owners on the 24th of August.

Related projects

Selected filters
Nordlys

Nordlys

The passenger ferry ‘Nordlys’, which trades along the Norwegian coast from Oslo, reported a fire in the engine room. Sadly, two people died in this fire. The passengers were taken off and emergency teams mobilised.

KOEM_BP_2011

KOEM Kyung Shin

The task was to remove oil from the wreck of the tanker ‘Kyung Shin’. This tanker went down many years ago off the country’s south east coast, in a water depth approaching 100 m.

Mirach_RIMG0012

Mirach

Bulk carrier ’Mirach’ grounded a off the coast of Southern India, just three miles off the port of Trivandrum.

Margaret_barges_2010

Margaret Barge

The ’Margaret’ ran aground on the Cape West Coast, South Africa on 24 June 2009 with a cargo of 12 river barges and two floating docks. She was being towed to the Netherlands when the tug lost her tow in adverse weather conditions.

Divi_Divi

Divi Divi

On 22 October a small commercial aircraft with nine passengers made an emergency landing at sea between Curacao and Bonaire, following a failure in one of the engines. All nine passengers were able to make a safe escape, but the pilot could not be saved in time, and went down with the aircraft.

Full City

On Thursday evening 30 July 2009 bulk carrier ‘Full City', 26,758 DWT (in ballast and at anchor off the port of Langesund, Norway, awaiting her berth) was trapped in a sudden storm, causing her anchor to drag, and came to rest on the rocks.