Florida-based Resolve Marine has been selected to remove the wreck of the 17,700-dwt cement carrier Raysut II (built 1984), which grounded off Oman in May this year.
The tender was run by London-based fixed protection and indemnity cover provider British Marine, which supplied third-party liability to the vessel.
Contract talks
It is understood the parties are now thrashing out the final details of the contract. Work is expected to begin before the end of the year.
Salvage experts estimate the job could cost upwards of $10m and take several months to complete.
It is likely the Raysut II will be either broken up before being removed from where it lies at Fazayah Beach near the port of Salalah, or lifted in one piece.
The 34-year-old hull has already been declared a constructive total loss and underwriters have paid out $10.4m to the owner.
Resolve has become one of the leading wreck-removal companies over recent years, having proven its technical capability in removing the wreck of the 3,000-teu containership Rena (built 1990) off the coast of New Zealand in 2014.
It has substantial heavylift capability as demonstrated by its recent success in completing the heaviest marine salvage lift ever attempted in the US.
Earlier this year, Resolve used its unique heave-compensated chain puller lift system on its derrick barge Conquest MB 1, crane barge RMG 302 and semi-submersible Boa Barge 29 to raise the derrick barge DB1, which had sunk off the coast of Mexico.
In a separate development, salvors around the world are still awaiting the announcement of a tender for the wreck removal of the grounded 1,118-teu containership SSL Kolkata (built 2006).
The salvage operation is currently being coordinated by the North P&I Club and the Indian coastal authorities. The Shreyas Shipping & Logistics boxship grounded in the environmentally sensitive Sunderbans after it was ravaged by fire in the Bay of Bengal.
Preventing pollution
To date, the focus of the operation has been pollution prevention. Dutch salvage company Smit has been working on removing pollutants and containers from the vessel.
The wreck-removal tender is likely to prove competitive as the emphasis on the environment is expected to push up the value of the job.
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