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Port Maintenance Group carried out the salvage operations to lift
the Southern Air Plane which crashed in
Foveaux Strait on a scheduled flight between Invercargill and Stewart
Island. The airplane was successfully salvaged from 30 meters.
Another difficult salvage was the Fishing Vessel “Kotuku”, a 40 tonne
Trawler that sank in
Foveaux
Strait. The vessel was salvaged from 36 meters water depth.
Both salvages were achieved by Port Maintenance Group floating crane barge -
lifting capacity 26 tonne and other company owned marine equipment. |