Photos Reveal Damage to Corvus J Following Fatal North Sea Collision, Update...
The Baltic Ace sank within 15 minutes of colliding with the containership Corvus J Wednesday night approximately 65 kilometers (40 miles) off the southeastern coast of the Netherlands in the...
View ArticleBaltic Ace Sinking Begs the Question: Are RoRo’s Safe?
Equipped with built-in ramps and long tiers of decks, Roll On Roll Off (RoRo) ships are essentially floating parking garages that allow vehicles to be driven aboard the ship at...
View ArticleDutch Media Interviews Baltic Ace Rescuers [VIDEO]
Here are two interviews conducted by the Dutch website NOS.nl with rescuers involved in the Baltic Ace sinking. We have provided the english translation below each of the videos. Female...
View ArticleBaltic Ace Sinking: What You Need to Know Right Now
Search for missing crewmembers Baltic Ace has been called off. By Tobias Pieffers, Local Correspondent ROTTERDAM – The Dutch Coast Guard has called off the search for the six crewmembers still...
View ArticleSVITZER Hired to Remove Oil from Sunken Baltic Ace
SVITZER, a member A.P. Møller – Mærsk Group specializing in marine salvage and response, has been hired to remove the fuel oil from the sunken car carrier Baltic Ace near Rotterdam, Dutch...
View ArticleSvitzer Preparing to Remove Oil from Baltic Ace
The Dutch government’s hydrographic and oil spill response vessel, M/V Arca, has left the scene of the Baltic Ace and has been replaced with the hydrographic research vessel Zirfaea, which...
View ArticleMissing Crew Member of Baltic Ace Found, Salvage Operations Suspended
Dutch police have identified a body found on 19 December, 20 nautical miles west of IJmuiden, as that of the 31 year-old Polish first mate of the Baltic Ace, a RoRo...
View ArticleOil Sheen Spotted Near Baltic Ace Shipwreck
The Baltic Ace sank Dec. 5th after colliding with containership near the entrance to a busy shipping lane leading to the Port of Rotterdam, killing eleven crew.
View ArticleSalvors to Remove Sunken Baltic Ace Near Rotterdam
The Dutch Government is getting ready to award the salvage contract for the complete removal of the sunken Baltic Ace car carrier near the port of Rotterdam.
View ArticleBoskalis and Mammoet Start Operation To Raise Baltic Ace Car Carrier
Dutch companies have started a weeks-long operation to raise the Baltic Ace car carrier, which collided with a cargo ship in 2012, killing 11 crew and sending 1,400 cars to the bottom of the North Sea,...
View ArticleBaltic Ace Salvage Suffers Major Setback
A planned attempt to the lift the sunken Baltic Ace car carrier from the seafloor near the port of Rotterdam has been abandoned because damage to the ship is worse than originally thought, the Dutch...
View ArticleVIDEO: Baltic Ace Wreck Cut Up and Removed from North Sea
On December 5, 2012, the car carrier Baltic Ace sank in the North Sea with more than 1,400 cars on board after a colliding with a containership near the entrance...
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