Boskalis buys Ardent Americas to expand US salvage business
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has acquired maritime emergency response specialist Ardent Americas to expand its presence in the US salvage market. Ardent Americas acts under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA90) for the provision of...Read more
Sunken harbour cranes brought to the surface in Rostock Port
The water-side salvage of the mobile harbour cranes that fell from heavy lift vessel Jumbo Vision in Rostock Port on January 31 has been completed. The first of the cranes was recovered on Saturday, the...Read more
Ardent moves away from decommissioning to refocus on salvage
Ardent has announced it will refocus its business strategy away from decommissioning towards its core business of emergency management and wreck removal. The company will also move its headquarters from Houston to IJmuiden in the...Read more
Scaldis salvaged Norwegian frigate with unique lift method
Scaldis has completed the salvage of the Norwegian frigate ‘KNM Helge Ingstad’ using a “unique double duo lift method” combining two heavy lift vessels with a total lifting capacity of 7,300 tonnes. The Norwegian frigate sank...Read more
Lifting of sunken Norwegian frigate has started
Two large crane barges have begun lifting the sunken Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad, which collided with an oil tanker in November last year and has been stranded off Norway’s west coast since. The operation to...Read more