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Salvage of Bulk Carrier M/V Pos Ambition

*Name of Vessel*	M/V Pos Ambition
*Date of Incident*	March 14, 2003
*Place of Incident*	Karadeniz Ereğli – Zonguldak / TÜRKİYE
*Incident*	Panamanian flagged, 149,330 DWT bulk carrier Pos Ambition loaded with approximately 136,550 metric ton iron ore grounded on rocky sea bed in Karadeniz Ereğli. Omur Marine undertaken the work with Lloyd’s LOF 2000 Salvage Agreement signed on March 17, 2003. With a subcontractor agreement signed between Omur Marine and ARAS on March 18, 2003, the salvage operations rendered together.
*Working Dates*	19 Mart 2003 – 27 Mart 2003
*Organizations Involved*	§ Sun Liberty Shipping Co. SA (Shipowner) § Keoyang Shipping Co. Ltd. (Ship Manager) § Teekay Shipping Corporation § Oriental Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (H&M, “Hull & Machinery”, Insurer) § Vitsan Mümessillik ve Müşavirlik AŞ (H&M Insurer’s Representative) § Omur Marine Ltd. (Contractor)
*Scope of Works*	§ .Underwater survey was conducted in order to determine the condition of the ship on 16^th of March. Survey showed that there were serious damages over bottom section of the vessel (almost 2 m length cracks and almost 50 m length damaged bottom sections) and the tanks were flooded with water. § .In order to refloat the ship, 30% of the flooded seawater on board was discharged by means of pressurized air and 12,869 metric tons of the cargo were transferred for lightening the vessel. § .After the required operations were realized, the vessel was refloated. Our floating crane Herkül, tug Pehlivan-2, and workboat Sinbad were used in the operations beside the other marine vehicles used by Omur Marine.