The Greek leading salvor TSAVLIRIS has dispatched S/T "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" from Piraeus on 7th of July to assist the container Ship "LUCY BORCHARD", which ran aground in shallow waters in the sea of Korakia, north west of Chios island.
Published to coincide with the opening of Posidonia 2004 and the Olympiad in Athens, a colourful 48-page TSAVLIRIS brochure covers a fair number of the significant salvage and towage contracts successfully undertaken over the past four years by the world's most active response contractor.
Leading salvor George Tsavliris has urged the European Union to work closely with the salvage industry in developing antipollution response capabilities within Europe - and at the same time he called for a harmonized approach with that of global bodies, particularly the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
The TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE GROUP has expressed its gratitude to the Government of Pakistan and to a large number of individuals and organisations for the role they played in the safe return home of company salvage master Nikos Pappas after eight months of detention in Karachi.
The TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE GROUP has redelivered the steel products-laden cargo vessel "ORION I" to her owners after a lightening and refloating operation in Chioggia, Italy, which was the third successfully completed Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract handled by TSAVLIRIS so far this year.