Smit Salvage wants better industry understanding of the hazardous work required in handling containership fires after revealing what was involved in the Maersk Honam post-salvage operation.
The salvor, owned by the Boskalis group, was initially contracted under a Lloyd’s Open Form contract along with Ardent to handle the emergency response and firefighting operation.
Five crew members were killed when the 15,000-teu Maersk Honam (built 2017) caught fire in March last year while sailing in the Arabian Sea.
