Global Scope in Salvage Activity

Svitzer Salvage mobilised personnel and equipment from as far afield as the Netherlands to refloat the grounded 'Pasha Bulker' off Newcastle in Australia.

Third quarter activities by Svitzer Salvage included responses to a number of vessel groundings, including the ''Explorer'', which ran aground on rocks near the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.The tug ''Svitzer Maillaig'' was mobilised to assist the casualty, which was successfully refloated last month and escorted to safety at Ayr.

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