Organisation: Smit Salvage

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Stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it ran aground, in Suez Canal

'Stuck for weeks' worst-case outlook as Suez tanker hits oil and Europe's factories

Team whose CV includes salvaging the Kursk nuclear submarine says freeing the ship in Egypt is one of their trickiest missions yet

Sat, 27 Mar, 2021

Fuel tanks 'breached' on oil rig run aground on Scottish island

Two fuel tanks have been "breached" on an oil rig carrying 280 tonnes of diesel that ran aground on the Western Isles.

Wed, 10 Aug, 2016

Priest caught out lying after surviving Concordia

An Italian priest who claimed he was going away for a week on a spiritual retreat will have to explain to his parishioners how he ended up on the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship.

Sat, 28 Jan, 2012

Ship heads for port after hitting sunken Tricolor

A cargo ship that hit the sunken vessel Tricolor in the English Channel was tonight heading for port under its own power.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2002

Disaster looms as tanker splits in two

The crippled tanker Prestige, carrying more than 70,000 tons of oil, split in two today threatening Spain’s north-west coast with an environmental disaster.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2002