Place of Accident: Ahırkapı Demir / Istanbul
Our emergency instant oil spill response team was sent to the scene where M/V BRITISH ENTERPRISE went ashore near Yesilköy in the Marmara Sea on 16.02.2004 due to bad weather conditions. 2450 tons of oil was transported to the other small tankers alongside. For several days, salvors made preparations to lighten the vessel so that a refloating attempt could be made, and the STS ship-to-ship operation was successfully finished. Eventually, she was successfully refloated, and Mavi Deniz Environmental Protection Services Corporation’s response operations continued. In the meantime, the vessel was surrounded by 600 m inflatable oil booms to prevent oil leakage on the sea surface and l000 ton ballast water taken from the tanker with licensed Bilge Waste Collection Vessels to the Waste Recycling Factory.