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Five salvage workers from the maritime service provider Boskalis were on board the 'Stena Immaculate' again on March 14. The team, which includes a gas expert, carried out additional inspections and gas measurements, such as assessing the condition of the storage tanks. The inspections will continue in the coming days. Using ship systems, the salvors will also check the tanks to ensure that there is sufficient inert gas in them, which limits the risk of explosion. Boskalis wants to prepare the ship to pump out kerosene and take it to a port. It is not yet known when that will be possible, but from experience, that could take a while."The British Coastguard reported earlier that the 'Solong' had been towed to a safe place. Report with photo: https://www.welingelichtekringen.nl/economie/bergers-boskalis-terug-op-tanker-noordzee-voor-meer-inspecties

Salvage crews have placed three generators aboard the 'MSC Baltic lll' on March 11. A barge is in the area with equipment to pump off the ship's fuel, and a container with equipment to heat up the heavy bunker fuel has also been placed onboard. As of March 133, the tug 'Atlantic Elm' (IMO 7910230) with a barge on the hook, loaded with salvage equipment, was waiting off Lark Harbour. The salvage crew were preparing to go out to the 'MSC Baltic lll' to begin fuel removal operations when the weather permits.

Hebo has unloaded cargo from the 'H&S Wisdom' to lighten the ship. The maritime service provider from Zwartsluis has let a pontoon run aground next to the ship after mapping the bottom. The location has been chosen very precisely. The cargo of steel, 'about 700 tons', is transferred from the ship to the pontoon. Then there is a feeder barge that then brings the cargo to the port. ‘Hebo has been busy for two days now and the salvors expected to need another six days. The 'H&S Wisdom' sailed on the Humber on the evening of March 2, during one of the highest water levels of the year. As a result, it ended up in a place outside the shipping channel, where it will only come out at a comparable water level. That is not expected until the end of this month, Moreover, a lot depends on that attempt, because the next comparable high tide will take even longer, it could then take until October. By unloading the cargo, the chance of the ship being refloated at the end of the month is increased. Report with photo: https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/actueel/2025/03/14/hebo-lost-vastgelopen-amasus-schip-hs-wisdom-op-humber/

On March 14, a cayuco was located about five nautical miles south of La Restinga. The 'Salvamar Acrux' was mobilized by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo. The SAR boat escorted the cayuco to the port, where 58 people of sub-Saharan origin, among them 56 men and two women, safely disembarked. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1900500646261837935

Emergency services were called to the 'Seatrout', en route from Ghent, on March 12, 2025, at 10.45 p.m. after a 29-year-old man from Russia fell over board in the lock complex in Terneuzen. A trauma helicopter and a diving team were sent to the outer port. The person was lying on a fender in the lock, but not in the water. The victim was brought to shore using a cherry picker. Several ambulances arrived on the scene. A trauma helicopter from Rotterdam also landed at the lock complex. The person was taken to hospital by ambulance, but had to be declared dead. The police have informed the labour inspectorate about the accident. The tanker towed out of the lock and berthed in the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal. Reports with photo and video: https://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/17310722/gewonde-na-val-van-schip-bij-sluizencomplex-terneuzen https://www.pzc.nl/112-nieuws-terneuzen/rus-29-overleden-na-val-van-schip-in-terneuzen~ac9ce336/?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialsharing_web