The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has revealed that US-based salvage company Resolve Marine Group is leading the salvage operations on the wreck of an Ultrabulk-controlled multipurpose general cargo ship that ran aground on 9 July.
Although salvage operations on the 13,800-dwt Ultra Galaxy (built 2008) were initially hampered by bad weather, improving weather conditions this week allowed salvage experts to gain access to the ship and start sealing fuel tanks that are estimated to contain 500 tonnes of low sulphur fuel oil.
