Salvor Ardent has been contracted to remove the sunken wellboat Seikongen in Chile.
The Portal Portuario daily reported that Chilean authorities have brought the company in to raise the 2,500-dwt live fish carrier (built 2017).
The work is scheduled to last 80 days.
The vessel went down last October off Puerto Montt.
It suffered damage and began taking on water during loading.
The ship is partially submerged in 10 metres of water, 200 metres from shore.
Seikongen is lying on its starboard side and will be straightened using chains.
Pumps will help refloat it before an inspection is carried out.
A towing operation is then planned to the port of San Vicente.
The vessel's 67,000 litres of oil have been removed, while a large part of the cargo of salmon has also been taken from the vessel.
The owner is CPT Empresa Maritima of Chile.
Ardent is also involved in the salvage of the two parts of Lomar Shipping's boxship Kea Trader off New Caledonia.
