Operations List

"FOTIY KRYLOV" one of the world's largest pair of salvage tugs, was engaged by Total Nigeria for the towage of the state-of-the-art drilling rig "STENA TAY" from Brownsville, USA, to Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The towage of the 127 - metre long and 71 metre wide rig, which can drill to depths of more than 8,000 metres, was successfully performed from June 18th to August 23rd.

During the towage, the tug's three main engines were used as well as the rig's thrusters.

The "FOTIY KRYLOV" immediately went on hire to Houston based Transocean Sedco Forex for towage of another major drilling unit, the semi-submersible "SEDCO 709". Utilizing two engines and partly the rig's thrusters, "FOTIY KRYLOV" completed the 2,451 mile towage from Saldanha Bay, South Africa, to a position off Nigeria in 20 days, achieving an average speed of 5.29 knots.

The "SEDCO 709" with a length of 91 metres and breadth of 80 metres, was delivered on October 5th.

TSAVLIRIS S/T "SB-408" sailed from her station at Fujairah (UAE) on 14th of October at 14.20 hrs UTC and arrived Ratnagiri on the 18th of October to assist "KEW BRIDGE" in laden condition with no rudder and propeller. S/T "SB-408" connected with her towing line alongside "KEW BRIDGE" and awaited port clearance.

On the 4th of November S/T "SB-408" commenced towing "KEW BRIDGE" to Dubai, where delivered on the 16th of November.

The panamax bulk carrier M/V "LA JOLLA", 72,126Dwt, was found in ballast condition due to sustained rudder damage. TSAVLIRIS sailed her S/T "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" on the 15h of December to assist the casualty under agreement and provide towage operation to the vessel from El Dekheila - Egypt to Piraeus in Greece.

On the 22nd of December her safe delivery was accomplished.

On the 10th of Decemebr, TSAVLIRIS also assisted the Motor Tanker "ATROPOS", when a tug line tangled in her propeller. TSAVLIRIS offered the S/T "LEOPARD" which sailed from Mindelo - Cape Verde islands to assist the casualty.

Due to heavy swell and adverse weather conditions diving operations were difficult. On the 14th of December the foul propeller finally was clear and M/T "ATROPOS' was delivered to Dakar on the same date.

At the beginning of November TSAVLIRIS engaged to tow the newly built floating dock "AL RUFAA II". TSAVLIRIS offered her S/T "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" and S/T "SB-408" for the towage operation. The transit voyage agreed on the 15th of November, was scheduled to commence with S/T "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" from Elefsis bay, Piraeus to Port Said Suez and then from Suez to Qatar to be completed by the S/T "SB-408".

The operation was successfully concluded on the 4th of January with TSAVLIRIS securing "AL RUFAA II" at jetty.

A bulk carrier to be salved by TSAVLIRIS in June was the panamax "LONG HAI" which was immobilized 140 miles off Colombo while on a voyage ftrom Singapore to India laden with a cargo of 60,000 tonnes of coal.

After agreement of a LOF contract, the TSAVLIRIS operated salvage tug "SB-408" sailed from her station in Sri Lanka to assist the casualty and the vessel was safely towed to Colombo.

Another case for TSAVLIRIS were the two barges "SIKINOS" and "SKOPELOS III" contracted on LOF terms with ITC as cosalvor. They came about when the tug "SEA DIAMOND 7" suffered engine room flooding and was abandoned by her crew while the tug was towing the two barges from Singapore to the Middle East Gulf.

ITC's tug "SUMATRAS" stood by the casualties although she was already fully engaged towing two newbuilding hulls. TSAVLIRIS' "SB-408" was dispatched from Colombo and arrived the following night. The SB-408 was successful in attaching wires to the barges "SIKINOS" and "SKOPELOS III" which were towed safely to the port of Trincomalee.

The BC "ARIEL" laden with 29000 metric tons of Alumina was immobilized off Goa due to mechanical failure. Vessel was drifted to a NEasterly direction approximately 30 mm per day. The salvage tug "SB-408" was dispatched from Colombo. "ARIEL" was towed under opponent weather conditions to Kandla.

The convoy remained at under anchorage of Kandla awaiting instructions by the port authorities to enter in port and deliver the vessel to the owners.

M/T "FIDELITY" ran aground at Rio Parana of Argentina. She was laden with 32.176.MT SoyaBean Oil from San Loretzo and Rosario to China. TSAVLIRIS was awarded the LOF contract to refloat her. Immediately local personnel and two tugs were contracted to proceed on site. The vessel was grounded on the mad perpendicular to the river. The strong current affected the ship considerable and made difficult all refloating operations.

After four days of refloating attempts the vessel refloated and redelivery to her owners safely commences for her voyage again.

The LPG "DOLLART GAS" laden with 230 M/T of ethylene was immobilized due to main engine failure at north Taiwan strait. The S/T "HUACAI" was hired from Fuzhou. Casualty was towed under opponent weather conditions to Kadhsiung under anchorage where convoy arrived on the 16th of July.

Vessel safely delivered to owners on 18th July.

The "CONRAD OLDENDORFF", a Panamax vessel laden with coking coal from Gdansk to Egypt, run aground south of the island of Bornholm in Denmark. TSAVLIRIS was given the LOF on the 27th of June. Local tugs "STEVNS ICECAP" and "STEVNS ICEFLOWER" were engaged to assist together with a salvage team from Greece.

Inspection showed that the vessel could not be refloated by pulling. Bunker barge "HAAR TRUMF" was mobilized from Copenhagen to take the bunkers of the casualty, and geared bulker "CREDO" was brought in from the North Sea for lightering purposes. After removal of about 7,500 tons of cargo, the vessel was successfully refloated. Lightened cargo and bunkers were reloaded to the casualty and she was safely redelivered on the 2nd of July to resume her voyage.

One more Lloyds Open Form was signed for TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE with the owners of 64,120 Dwt bulker "ALTAIR" on the 1st of September. The vessel was in laden condition, steaming northbound into Khawr Abd Allah channel, from Rostock to Umm Qasr for discharging her cargo of 50.1590 MT wheat and she run aground south of buoy number 14 of the Umm Qasr/Iraq navigating channel.

TSAVLIRIS immediately dispatched the S/T "SB-408" from her salvage station at Mumbai and the "CAPTAIN MICHALIS" from Dubai and successfully refloated the vessel on the 8th of September. Next day she was then redelivered to her owners at Umm Qasr.

On the 2nd of September the 47,000-dwt oil tanker "ASSOS" required professional salvage assistance while approaching her destination at New York and laded with cargo of naphtha she became immobilized due to propulsion failure. TSAVLIRIS who was engaged under Lloyds Open Form assisted in the STS cargo transfer. The tugs, "ATLANTIC SALVOR", "MARY ALICE" and "KENDALL BRAKE" assisted the vessel, which was subsequently shifted to a repair berth at New York harbour and was redelivered to her owners on the 15th of September.

"NIKOLAY CHIKER" and tug "DE DA" towed a floating production (FPSO) vessel, "SANHA" from Cape Town to its offshore station at Cabinda Angola, assisting with positioning.