Salvage News


Weather delays Transocean Winner move training

Sep 23, 2016

A containment boom deployment training exercise ahead of moving a rig which had grounded on the Scottish coast has been postponed for at least two days due to windy weather, according to the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).  The…

OHT to transport Transocean Winner

Sep 08, 2016

Norwegian firm Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has been contracted to transport the Transocean Winner drilling rig to Turkey using a semisubmersible heavy lift vessel.  It is expected that the rig will be floated onto the semisubmersible heavy lift vessel OHT HAWK…

Grounded rig Transocean Winner refloated

Aug 23, 2016

At 10pm last night (Monday 22 August) the Transocean Winner drilling rig was successfully refloated from Dalmore Bay, on the Isle of Lewis, off the west of Scotland, where it had grounded just over two weeks ago. Following its refloat…

UPDATED: Salvage crew board grounded rig

Aug 15, 2016

A team of eight salvors have finally made it aboard the stricken semisubmersible drilling rig, which grounded off the Isle of Lewis, off Scotland, a week ago today. The rig grounded early last Monday morning after parting from the tug…

Angola salvage will take 10 months

Apr 28, 2014

Boskalis said that salvage work to remove a capsized jackup from shallow waters near Angola's new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant should be completed by March 2015. The three-legged Perro Negro 6 jackup drilling rig (shown at…

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