Case Study Projects
Salvage Of The PRO-ASSIST III
On the evening of December 24, 2020 (Christmas Eve), the U.S.-flagged tug “PRO-ASSIST III” sank in forty feet of water just off of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. This forced her crew of three to abandon ship and be rescued by local fishermen. The vessel contained 1100 gallons of fuel and standard lube oil for a vessel of her size, with …
“MAJESTIC”, A Hard Lesson in Stability
On October 2nd, 2023, MegaDrill Services Ltd. contacted Nautilus Marine Inc. about a situation with their drilling barge “MAJESTIC”. The drilling barge had capsized on the way to a job in the Seplat oilfield in Sapele, Nigeria.
Based on the information received from Client (MegaDrill), Nautilus Marine would manage and help develop an executable salvage plan to refloat the “Majestic”. Due to the limitations of the narrow and shallow river were the “Majestic” capsized, there was limited space to utilize large equipment to roll the “Majestic” upright. In addition, the local communities where against restricting the navigable channel and the land adjacent to the rig was all swamp.