The International Salvage Union (ISU) has supported a complaint brought by Greek salvage firm Five Oceans Salvage against its closest commercial rival, Tsavliris Salvage, amid a strained relationship between the salvors.

The grievance was based on an infringement of the ISU rules covering the conduct of members towards each other.

The nature of the gripe has not been made public but is understood to involve comments made by Tsavliris Salvage that could negatively influence Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) awards to Five Oceans.

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