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Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment: Contract Issued
To Recover Wreckage From Robson Bight
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:04092008
VICTORIA - World-renowned experts Mammoet Salvage B.V. and its North
American partner agency, Global Diving and Salvage of Seattle, have
been awarded the contract to recover key pieces of wreckage from Robson
Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve, following the August 2007
incident in which a barge lost 11 pieces of heavy equipment into the
waters of the protected area.
In May 2008, the government of British Columbia issued a request for
proposals for the recovery of crucial pieces of the wreckage. Mammoet's
proposal was one of three received by the RFP's closing date and
extensively reviewed by experts at the Ministry of Environment, the
Canadian Coast Guard, and independent consultant firm London Offshore
Consultants Ltd.
Salvaging operations are expected to take place in late fall 2008 or
late spring 2009, during the first window of moderate weather that will
allow equipment recovery with minimal impacts on resident wildlife. In
the meantime, the wreckage continues to be monitored, and has shown no
evidence of leakage since the initial release observed in
August/September 2007. No affected wildlife has been found since the
incident.
A corrosion analysis conducted by Dr. Akram Alfantazi, an expert from
the University of British Columbia's Department of Materials
Engineering, concluded that it would take at least two and half to
three years from the date of sinking for the fuel tank to corrode
through.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Mammoet Salvage B.V. is a leading
global marine salvage company responsible for the successful retrieval
of a number of wreckages around the world. For more information, please
visit www.mammoetsalvage.com, or www.gdiving.com to learn more about
their North American partner, Global Diving and Salvage of Seattle.
CONTACT: Kate Thompson, Media Relations, B.C.
Tel: +1 250 953 4577
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