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Environmental salvage Daiki Maru

2018-05-30

The island of Guam, United States - Removal of the long line fishing vessel Daiki Maru grounded on a fragile coral reef located 100 meters in front of a beach. Clearing the beach of all pollutants

Parbuckling tug CMM Coatzacoalcos

2018-05-30

Veracruz, Mexico - Parbuckled and refloated capsized tug CMM Coatzacoalcos.
Wreck removal of “Dry Dock”, The Netherlands

2018-04-19

Removing an old sunken dry-dock water with limited visibility at the harbor in the north of the Netherlands.

KOOLE Maritime has successfully salvaged the wreck of the "EL MAUD" in Maigot bay, St. Maarten

2017-12-20

KOOLE Maritime obtained the contract to remove the "EL MAUD" and clean its close surroundings so that the area can be further developed in the future.
Wreck removal of “MV JAN DE HAAN”, Surinam

2017-12-14

Removing the sunken push tug “JAN DE HAAN” in water without visibility at the river mouth of New Nickery.

KOOLE Maritime brings back the "MV JENIN" to owner

2017-12-04

The "MV JENIN" was put upright but bad weather made a lifting operation impossible. The "MV JENIN" was moved underwater to a better location awaiting better weather conditions. The "MV JENIN" was transported back to its owners in Umm Al Qwain.
KOOLE Maritime has launched the "BEACHCOMBER VII" successfully

2017-12-04

KOOLE Maritime has rolled back the "BEACHCOMBER VII", by using a self-created slipway of steel pipes, over the beach to the sea.

KOOLE Maritime has successfully removed the “MV SIRENA” STENEPA rif, Statia (Sint Eustatius)

2017-09-18

The area is not only known for its beautiful coral reefs but especially for the extreme weather conditions and waves. After 60 days, the vessel was successfully removed by KOOLE Maritime without damaging the surrounding reefs.
Salvage of barge in UAE

2017-02-20

Salvage of a on a breakwater stranded barge at Mina Saqr Port in the United Arab Emirates.

Salvage of barge in UAE

2017-02-20

Salvage of a on a breakwater stranded barge at Mina Saqr Port in the United Arab Emirates.
600 cars removed from car carrier, Antwerpen, België

2017-02-11

Approximately 600 burnt-out cars were removed from the 182-meter-long car ship by KOOLE Contractors. The cars were removed from the ship using wheel loaders and placed on the quay.

Firefighting on-board naval vessel Seri Indrapura, Malacca Strait, Malaysia

2016-09-03

A Naval Vessel caught fire during repairs in port. Providef firefighting and managed to tow the vessel to a safe zone.
Refloating of brand new research vessel Cabo de Hornos, Talcahuano, Chile

2016-09-02

Vessel was ready for launch when a Tsunami washed her onto the pier. Placed the vessel on SPMT’s by means of hydraulic jacks and rolled into dry-dock.

Wreck Removal of the TSC Surpreme,

2016-09-02

An OSV collides with the boat landing of a platform, sunk and rested on the jacket structure. Parbuckled and refloated by means of a 2000 ton sheerleg.
Recovery of platform leg of Trident 17

2016-09-01

A jack up drilling rig lost her legs during a severe storm. Recovery of the submerged leg from a depth of 85m.

Recovery and launching of a desalination pipeline

2016-09-01

The Channel, United Kingdom - A floating 500-meter-long pipeline was towed over the sea until it was overtaken by a container ship. The pipe was pulled to the side and re-launched after repair.
Recovery of SSV Jupiter I

2016-09-01

A 9.000 ton semi-submersible sank during operations. Refloated the installation and brought her in a safe position without closing the production and pipeline adjacent.

Refloating of bitumen tanker AB9

2016-09-01

Vessel stranded on the rocks on a remote island in an environmental sanctuary. Removal of the oil and oily residues from the vessel together with all other pollutants.
Wreck removal of STS gantry crane APMT

2016-09-01

Removal of burnt out Liebherr STS gantry crane at the APM Terminal in the port of Lagos.

Wreck removal of dredger “Astra”

2016-08-18

Removal of a stranded 60m long dredger from the Lagos Lagoon.
Refloating of tug boat “OCEAN UANNAQ”

2016-08-18

Salvage/refloat of the sunken tug boat Ocean Uannaq near a bridge in Montreal, Canada.

Wreck removal of barge

2016-08-18

Removal of a sunken 70x20m deck barge from the Lagos Lagoon.
Oil, fuel and chemical cargo removal from vessel

2016-04-15

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador - The cargo vessel Galapaface 1 ran aground. Removal of 19,000 gallons of fuel, petroleum products, chemicals, and tons of various cargo. The operation was completed without incidents or accidents and without any damage to the environment.

Environmental Salvage fishing vessel Spinningdale

2016-04-14

St Kilda, Northern Atlantic - The vessel stranded on the rocks of this deserted island and bird sanctuary that is an UNESCO World heritage site. Removal of the vessels pollutants before the start of the breeding season.
Wreck removal mv SALOOS, Angola

2016-04-07

After releasing the wreck from the seabed, the vessel was removed in situ with chisel and torch cutting and all containers and debris originated from M.V. SALOOS were identified and removed.

Parbuckling barge Larvik Rock

2016-03-18

Lowesoft, UK - The Larvik Rock barge capsized during towage. Parbuckled the barge in the port of Rotterdam.
Oil removal from navy oil carrier

2016-03-14

Prince Rupert, Canada - The navy oil carrier ran aground in 1946. Residual oil (700 tons) discovered in 27m of water and removed.

Salvage of MV Baltic Ace

2016-03-14

North Sea, the Netherlands - The RoRo cargo vessel Baltic ace sunk following a collision with a container vessel. Dive inspection and oil leakage prevention on a depth of 32m. Deploying the cutting barge MSB3301 for cutting the wreck into eight segments for removal by sheerleg.
Cargo removal from Ro‐Ro vessel Atlantics

2016-03-14

Cartier, Hamburg, Germany - Removal of thousands of cars from the Grimaldi RoRo vessel Atlantic Cartier which endured fire in its cargo hold. Cargo removal took place in the Port of Hamburg.

Wreck removal MRS barge S215

2016-03-14

Lagos, Nigeria - In site removal and partially refloating of the sunken exploded oil barge in Tincan Island Lagos.
Refloating of platform supply vessel

2016-03-14

San Jose Island, Texas, USA - The supply vessel suffered control failures during weather blows and consequently ran aground. Refloated and returned to her owners.

Recovery of a cargo of gold Polar Mist

2016-03-14

Southern Ocean - A converted fishing vessel sunk with a precious cargo of gold minerals in the Southern Ocean. With the aid of divers and ROV’s the wreck was located and all the cargo recovered from a depth of 80 meter.
Recovery of a fuel truck from Robson Bight

2016-03-14

Vancouver, Canada - A fuel truck fell off a logging barge in the middle of a killer whale sanctuary threatening local wild-life. With the aid of deep water recovery containment casing the truck was recovered from a depth of 360 meters without any oil spillage.

Recovery of aluminium cargo of Runner 4

2016-03-14

Baltic sea, Estonia - General cargo vessel sank with 7000 blocks of aluminium (each 750kg). Recovery of these blocks from a depth of 100m1 with the in-house engineered and built a deep water recovery system.
Salvage sunken spud leg of jackup vessel Lewek Leader

2016-03-14

Niger Delta, Nigeria - Salvage of a 350 tonne sunken spud leg at 36m depth in the Niger Delta.

Wreck Removal B Oceania

2016-03-14

Malacca Strait, Malaysia - Full removal of a panamax size bulk carrier which sank after a collision in the Eastbound shipping lane of the Malacca Straits.
Emergency Response mv Feruz

2016-03-14

Samsun, Turkey - The locomotive carrier Feruz stranded on a Black Sea breakwater. Refloated the vessel and brought her to Samsun port.

Parbuckling tug CMM Coatzacoalcos

2016-03-14

Veracruz, Mexico - Parbuckled and refloated capsized tug CMM Coatzacoalcos.
Leg Removal of lift boat Pico 4

2016-03-14

Campeche, Mexico - The 3x legs of lift boat Pico 4 were damaged and cut off. Located and pulled the legs out of the seabed. The legs were landed on a barge and delivered back to our Client in Ciudad del Carmen.

Wreck Removal of bulk carrier Oriental Hope

2016-03-14

South China Sea - The bulker Oriental Hope ran aground and broke into two pieces. The accommodation was washed to shore-side whilst a severe storm sank the forward piece fully laden with her cargo of iron ore. Removal of the complete vessel and cargo.
Environmental Salvage mv Miner

2016-03-14

Scatary Island, Canada - Vessel stranded on the rocks on a remote island in an environmental sanctuary. Removal of the oil and oily residues from the vessel together with all other pollutants to prevent environmental damage.

Wreck Removal fishing vessels Mauritania

2016-03-14

Nouadhibou, Mauritania - On the coast of Mauritania 130 fishing lay are abandoned on the beach. The contract for the removal of 74 vessels was granted. A complete demolition site was built to ensure environmental friendly disposal and scrapping of these wrecks.
Wrecked cargo removal mv COURAGE

2016-03-14

Bremerhaven, Germany - Removal of eleven hundred cars from the 199 meter Ro‐Ro car carrier which endured a fire in the cargo hold while sailing.

Wreck removal cargo vessel mv Luno

2016-03-14

Bayonne, France - In-situ removal of 110m stranded cargo vessel on the beach of Bayonne, including debris on the sea bed and the beach.
Refloating of fishing vessel Z75 Zeldenrust

2016-03-14

Petten, the Netherlands - The fishing boat was grounded due to nets in the propeller and loss of control. Refloated and towed to the harbour of IJmuiden for an inspection.

Refloating of platform supply vessel

2016-03-13

San Jose Island, Texas, USA - The supply vessel suffered control failures during weather blows and consequently ran aground. Refloated and returned to her owners.
Aircraft AN2 recovery from the Baltic seabed

2016-03-10

Offshore Lithuania - An Antonov AN2 crashed into the Baltic Sea at a depth of 125m. A ROV Survey and wreck stabilization operation for casualty removal have been successfully carried out.

Cargo removal from mv Maersk Kampala

2016-02-23

Removal of hundreds of burned containers from the container vessel MV Maersk Kampala.
Refloating of cargo vessel mv Almeria

2016-02-22

Kadetrenden, Denmark - Refloating of the stranded cargo vessel mv Almeria.

Wreck removal of various fishing boats

2016-02-19

Removal of sunken vessels in the harbour of Lagos.
Wreck removal 100m cement barge

2016-02-19

Lagos, Nigeria - Removal of 100m long sunken cement barge in the harbour of Lagos.

Cargo removal livestock carrier Haidar

2016-02-19

Porto de Vila do Conde, Brasil - Removal of the oil, liquids, and cattle cargo from capsized carrier Haidar in the harbour Vila do Conde.
Environmental salvage Daiki Maru

2016-02-18

The island of Guam, United States - Removal of the long line fishing vessel Daiki Maru grounded on a fragile coral reef located 100 meters in front of a beach. Clearing the beach of all pollutants

Recovery of cargo and removal barge Thor

2016-02-16

Antwerp, Belgium - The inland push barge sank with a full cargo of steel plates (340 pieces / 2,800 tons) whilst waiting for the locks. The entire cargo was salved and delivered back to the rightful owners. The barge was hereafter removed in two pieces and delivered on-shore.
Wreck removal steam ship Henri Durré

2013-01-12

Antwerp, Belgium - Removal of a steamship in the river Scheldt, sunken in 1926. The wreck was removed to create space for the expansion of the quay area of INEOS.

Wreck removal Helle Saj

2012-05-01

Thorsminde, Denmark - Wreck removal of a sunken dredger close to the harbour entrance of Thorsminde.
Pier van Scheveningen

2011-01-24

Scheveningen, The Netherlands - Removal of building on pier, which was destroyed during a fire. Burned residue was transported by helicopter.

Sadaci

2011-01-04

Ghent, Belgium - Demolition of molybdenum-aluminum furnaces.
Wreck removal Apollo-S

2010-12-03

Port Lincoln, Australia - Removal of tuna fishing boat Apollo-S, applying underwater cutting with an excavator.

DSM

2010-10-01

IJmuiden, The Netherlands - Removal of the complete DSM plant with an area of 130,000 m². The plant consisted of 40 building, including cooling towers, a 120 meter high chimney, foundations, absorption columns and office buildings.
Cargo removal Norsul

2008-11-07

Ilha Maiau, Brazil - Recovery of hundreds of rolls of steel from the bottom of the sea from a cargo ship that ran aground in 1989.

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Wreck removal mv SALOOS

Roll-on-roll-off container vessel SALOOS capsized in May 2014 at Cabinda anchorage in Angola, carrying 155 containers and cargo. After the grounding of the vessel, an unknown amount of containers was scattered in an area of 60 km² with several containers stranded on the beach. KOOLE was contracted in 2015 to remove the complete vessel, survey the area of 60 km² and remove all detected containers and debris.

Removal of stranded cargo ship wreck

Removing a cargo ship that was stranded in two pieces, at both sides of a breakwater. By means of chain pullers, the segments were towed on the beach, and with excavators, cranes and cutting torches the segments were reduced to container sized pieces for disposal.

Salvage of stranded floating dry dock

In order to salvage a stranded dock and preserve the environment, an 800 metre basin was built around the dock, after which the dock was refloated and towed back to the harbour through a 1.8 km excavated canal.

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