The Korea P&I Club has appointed Florida-based Resolve Marine to salvage the 73,000-dwt bulker Solomon Trader (built 1994), which has been aground for a month and leaking fuel oil off Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.
The appointment comes as pressure mounts on the owner’s insurer to speed up the salvage and oil-spill containment operation, with around 75 tonnes of fuel oil already having leaked from the vessel and an estimated 600 tonnes still onboard and in danger of spilling.
