Titan Innovation Replaces Sheerleg Crane

Titan Maritime LLC, a Florida based marine salvage company, has completed removal of the An Tai stern section.

The stern of the wreck of the 9,081 gt, General cargo vessel An Tai comprised of cargo holds three, four, five and the engine room, has been successfully raised and is on the deck of the barge Britoil 43. The An Tai broke into two and had been lying on the seabed since November 24, 1997. The cargo, which had to be removed prior to raising, was approximately 8,500 tons of bagged fertilizers, sodium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, soda ash and caustic soda.

The plan to chain cut the wreck and remove it in several pieces was abandoned when the construction of Titan's new sheerleg cranes (currently being built in Port Klang) was delayed. As a result, an alternative plan was devised, which involved Titan submerging the stern of the barge Britoil 43 into the mud at the stern of the An Tai. The stern section of the An Tai was then pulled aboard the Britoil by way of Titan Pullers.

Operations to remove the much smaller and lighter bow section comprised of holds one and two, which remains on the seabed, will begin soon.

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Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 35, May 2001

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