SMIT Salvage and Mammoet K-159 Salvage Case. Agenda item 3.4 (Presentation in Russian)

The presentation by the Dutch company SMIT and Mammoet Salvage is devoted to proposals and options of salvaging the sunken Russian submarine K-159. • Company profile and salvaging experience. • Case studies of the project for salvaging Kursk, a sunken nuclear submarine. • Identification of risks of salvaging the K-159. • Salvage plan for the sunken submarine the K-159. • Salvage options: – Option 1 Salvage: Multiple gripper system from an offshore Salvage barge. – Option 2 Salvage: Multiple gripper system from a Double Hull 'Catamaran' salvage vessel. – Capping the submarine using a vessel with olivine sand & graded rock.