Operations List
The 22.671 dwt Bulk Carrier "PROSPERITY II", while on a partly laden voyage from Argentina to Brazil, with a cargo of about 10000 tons of wheat, grounded 1,4 miles off No 1 warehouse of the Port Belem – Brazil.
The vessel was successfully refloated and delivered to Belem on 28/9/01.
The 30529 dwt Bulk Carrier "PACIFICATOR" while on a laden voyage from Eilat Israel to Dahej, India, with a cargo of 32000 tons of pock phosphate, ran aground 150/180 miles North of Bobay on the reefs of Surat.
The vessel was successfully refloated on 5/10/01.
The 17565 dwt Motor Vessel "LYKES INSPIRER" - on her voyage from Port Cape Town to Montreal - was immobilized due to mechanical failure about 730 miles WNW of Walvis Bay, South Africa.
The vessel - loaded with about 13.500 tons of general cargo – was towed and delivered on 31/10/01.
The 27.560 dwt Bulk Carrier "AUDACIOUS", laden with 23100 tons of rice in bags, grounded near Keleman Island, Indonesia while on her voyage from Thailand to Nigeria (Apapa).
The salvage operation ended successfully on 12/11/01.
The 28,734 dwt Bulk Carrier "CAPTAGIANNIS" loaded with 2700 tons of Sulphur, while on a voyage from Russia to Sfax, Tunisia, grounded about 15 miles ESE from Zarris, Tunisia.
The vessel was refloated on 29/11/01.
The 4385 dwt RoRo "NAVETRAILER", loaded with cars and trucks, was immobilised about 80 miles East of Ravenna, Italy on her passage from Greece to Venice.
The vessel was towed and delivered to Ravenna on 16/12/01.
The 25909 dwt Bulk Carrier "LISSOM", while carrying of 23,000 tons of rice from China to Abidjan, Duala, caught fire in the engine room / accommodation on 16th of December about 80 miles from Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. Vessel' s crew abandoned "LISSOM" and boarded on the M/V "IWANUMA MARU".
Fire was extinguished and the vessel was towed and safely delivered to Maputo port on 12/02.
The 64,854 dwt, Bulk Carrier "MASTER A II", fully laden with wheat from Odessa to Bandar Abbas, Iran, immobilized due to steering gear failure at position 30 NM off Mukalla, South Yemen.
On 04/01/02 the vessel was delivered to Fujairah.
The 14312 dwt Motor Vessel "ORIENTAL SPIRIT", loaded with sugar, while on her voyage from Brazil to Nigeria, caught fire in the engine room on 22nd of December, about 220 NM South of Abidjan.
The fire was extinguished and the vessel was delivered to Tema Roads on 09/01/2002.
The 3,500 dwt Motor Vessel "MATTHEOS", loaded with 300 tons of scrap iron, sunk after taking water in two of her lower compartments while docked at Kalamata port. TSAVLIRIS tug "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" sailed to assist the casaulty.
The vessel was succesfully refloated in 14th of January.
The 33.000 dwt Bulk Carrier "BONITA LIGHT" was immobilised off Dakar. TSAVLIRIS tug "LEOPARD" towed the vessel to Las Palmas.
The Motor Yacht "ERRANTE" ran aground at Foinikas Bay, Syros Island. TSAVLIRIS' S/T "ATLAS" and a Floating Crane "ARCHONTO" were dispatched to assist the casaulty.
The yacht was succesfully refloated and delivered to Perama on January 22.
TSAVLIRIS tug "HERMES" towed Tug "CHRISTOS VII" and the Floating Crane "CHRISTOS III" from Patras to Preveza.
The dwt 21500 Bulk Carrier "SEMENA", while in ballast condition, grounded 40 nm South of Novorosiysk, Black Sea. TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE personnel were sent to inspect the casaulty.
"HERMES" towed a Floating Crane "MARIOS" and two barges between Kilini and Kalamata.