Salvors board Shell rig

Regulatory/Transport

Thursday, January 03, 2013

A team of five salvage experts boarded the grounded drilling unit Kulluk earlier Wednesday to conduct a structural assessment to be used to finalize salvage plans. The rig went aground on Sitkalidak Island on New Year's Eve after towing lines broke during heavy seas. Kulluk The salvage team was lowered to the Kulluk by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and stayed for about three hours. Smit Salvage is heading up the operation. Smit has assisted in hundreds of&...

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