Vessels

Salvage heroes – a tale of two ships

2025-04-14T11:58:00

Damage

The Solong container ship smashed into the Stena Immaculate tanker in the UK North Sea last month, with a potentially catastrophic pollution result – but this was averted, thanks to the salvors involved.

As the salvage comes to an end, Peter Barker examines the work involved when salvors ‘run into danger when others run in the opposite direction’.

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