The document discusses the role of salvors in ship salvage operations. It notes that ship salvage is an uncertain field performed by unreliable people using questionable equipment. It then provides examples of past salvage operations involving ships that were aground, on fire, in distress or structurally damaged. The document outlines the services salvors provide, techniques used, and importance of reputation, expertise, resources and rapid response. It emphasizes that appointing a salvor early reduces risk and discusses the primary interactions and decision making involved in salvage operations.

1. Railways & Harbours Conference 2009 │ Role of the Salvor 6 March 2009 │ Dave Main

2. Ship Salvage Is a science of vague assumptions, based on debatable figures, from inconclusive instruments, performed with equipment of problematical accuracy, by persons of doubtful reliability and of questionable mentality.

5. Ships Aground Grounding

6. Fire & Explosions Fire & Explosion

7. Fire & Explosion

8. Betelgeuse Bantry Bay UK Explosion

9. Tankers in Distress Tankers in distress

10. Fire & Explosion

11. Structural damage to Tankers Structural damage to tankers

12. Structural damage to Bulk Carriers Structural damage to bulk carriers

13. Threat posed by bulk carriers 659 active Cape-size bulk carriers out of a total of 5500 bulk carriers worldwide

14. The threat posed by Bulk Carriers

15. Container Ship Carla missing part of her bow!

16. Katina P Katina P

19. ‘ Jolly Rubino’ Jolly Rubino

20. Jolly Rubino

21. Jolly Rubino

22. Jolly Rubino

24. ‘ BBC China’ BBC China

25. ‘ Nino’ Nino

27. ‘ Sealand Express’ Sealand Express

28. Tuesday August 19 th ‘ Sealand Express’ runs aground on Sunset Beach

32. Refloating Operation - 13 September

33. ‘ Cape Africa’ Cape Africa

38. Mighty Servant 3 - sinking

39. Mighty Servant 3 - recovery

40. Umfolozi

42. IN THE BEGINNING …... THE CALL FOR HELP

43. PRIMARY INTERACTION: GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

45. ‘ Sealand Express’ (Cape Town, 2003) Rapid Decision Making

46. salvage/ wreckremoval external lifting inducing air/IG Cutting into liftable pieces Basic Techniques

47. ‘ Mighty Servant 3’ External lifting & introducing air

48. ‘ Tricolor’ Cutting into liftable pieces

49. Salvage & Wreck Removal/Reduction Salvage & Wreck Removal/Reduction

50. Salvage Equipment & Resources

51. “ Hot Tap” Hot Tap

52. Dyneema

55. Any Questions?