SVITZER Salvage,  in cooperation with partner BEAUFORT Salvage,  was awarded a salvage contract by the owners of the “OMER N”  to provide salvage services to their vessel  which capsized on October the 28th.

The “OMER N” a 1416 GT general cargo vessel, built 1984, 11 crewmembers, bound for Nantes capsized off Lehmann, 15 miles. West of Gedser last Sunday 28 October.  The OMER N carried approx 2000 tonnes of fertilizer. Four crewmembers were rescued by the Danish Navy and German Coastguard. Further rescue operations are ongoing.
The Danish Navy coordinates the rescue operation and SVITZER Salvage will assist them wherever needed.

A SVITZER Salvage team of specialists is presently on site, the plan is that a thorough inspection will be conducted of the OMAR N with use of divers.

Dedicated salvage equipment has been mobilised to the site, this to extract the 30 tonnes of fuel which is expected to be onboard of the stricken vessel. All matters have been arranged by SVITZER Salvage to minimise the risk of any oil spill.