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CHALLENGES Wrecks of the World II Robert Tyson SVITZER Salvage America 7 June 2011. CHALLENGES. Funding for each case Parties to a Salvage Case Depth & Condition of each case Technology Development. TAKING THE PATCH OFF. COMPARING COSTS OIL CLEAN UP 2000. Sea Empress (UK):
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CHALLENGES Wrecks of the World II Robert Tyson SVITZER Salvage America 7 June 2011
CHALLENGES • Funding for each case • Parties to a Salvage Case • Depth & Condition of each case • Technology Development
COMPARING COSTS OIL CLEAN UP 2000 Sea Empress (UK): 70,000 tonne Cost: $82,500,000 ($1,178 per tonne) Prestige (Spain): 64,000 tonne Cost: $3,000,000,000 ($46,875 per tonne) Recovery: $125,000,000 ($9,615 per tonne) Exxon Valdez (Alaska): 37,000 tonne Cost: $1,485,000,000 ($40,135 per tonne) Treasure (Table Bay): 1,300 tonnes Cost: $7,700,000 ($5,923 per tonne) Apollo Sea (Saldanha): 4,000 tonnes Cost: $4,707,890 ($1,177 per tonne)
DEEPWATER HORIZON 4.9 million: Barrels of oil (205.8 million gallons) leaked from the Deepwater Horizon well, about half the amount of crude oil the U.S. imports per day 19: Times more oil leaked from Deepwater Horizon than spilled from the Exxon Valdez in 1989 (10.8 million gallons) 62,000: Barrels leaking per day when the wellhead first broke, roughly the amount of oil consumed in Delaware each day 53,000: Barrels leaking per day when the well was capped on July 15, roughly the amount of oil consumed in Rhode Island each day 397.7 million: Dollars' worth of the oil spilled at current market prices ($81.17 per barrel) 665: Miles of coastline contaminated by oil
PARTIES TO A SALVAGE CONTRACT • The Local State Government • Federal Government • The Public • The Master of the Casualty • Ship Owner & The Cargo Owner • Their H&M Insurance Companies • Liability Underwriters / P & I Clubs • All their respective Surveyors &Lawyers • The Salvage Contractor • The Media Many Players!!
SHIPWRECK COVER Project by Solar Energy Limited with Cameron Balloons to design hydraulically pressurized flexible structures using airship and balloon advanced technologies to contain oil spills.
M/V DON PEDRO off IBZA SPAIN • Navigational error • Wreck remediation with limited disturbance of the vessel • All accessible oil and pollutants removed • (200 tons) • Cost < USD 3M
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