Smit Salvage has been appointed to rescue a Dutch heavylift ship abandoned by its crew after it went into a heavy list.

The Boskalis-owned salvage company has been appointed by Holland's Amasus Shipping, owner of the abandoned 4,200-dwt heavylift ship Eemslift Hendrika (built 2015).

The vessel is adrift in heavy weather 60 nautical miles (111 km) west of Norway’s Alesund.