Monthly Archives: September 2020

The extraction and decontamination operations of the wreck of the tug Sir Gaëtan were completed yesterday, September 23, at 4:15 pm, with 109.5 m3 of oil mixed with sea water pumped out of the tug including the removal of batteries on board. The operation in Poudre d’Or was contucted from Posh Peserverance, a DP 2.0…

Improvement in weather conditions will allow Polyeco and Dive Solutions (Mauritius) to resume operations on Sir Gaëtan tug on Thursday 17th September Mauritius, September 16, 2020 Posh Perseverance is sailing back to Poudre d’Or later this evening, allowing to Polyeco and Dive Solutions (Mauritius) to continue the oil pumping operations on the Sir Gaetan tug…

700 metres of shorelines successfully cleaned up at Ile Aux Aigrettes. Pointe Jérôme, Mauritius, September 12, 2020 Clean-up operations are being carried out unabated for the past four weeks in the South East. Since 7th of September, 700 metres of the rocky shorelines of Ile aux Aigrettes have been successfully cleaned up. Phase I of…

Poudre d’or, 7th of September 2020  At 6:45 pm, today, Dive Solutions (Mauritius) and Polyeco S.A. with the help of the Indian Navy have successfully laid a specially-designed anchoring frame, consisting of four concrete anchors (manufactured locally by Gamma Materials) in order to safely deploy an oil boom formation. This will constrain any oil leakage…