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Mammoet Salvage deals with burning tanker
(08/19/2009)
PRESS RELEASE 19 August 2009
Mammoet Salvage, based in Schiedam, the Netherlands, has started the salvage operation of the
Formosaproduct Brick. This product tanker, with a length of 228.5 meters, is on fire in the Straits of Malacca,
20 miles from Port Dickson, Malaysia. The tanker, carrying 58,000 tons of highly flammable naphtha, collided
with the Ostende Max bulk carrier on 18 August. The collision led to a fire on the Formosaproduct Brick and 9
of its crew of 25 are still missing. After extinguishing the fire and stabilizing the ship, Mammoet Salvage will
tow the tanker to a safe port. Click here for this press release in PDF
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