Handover underway for Kea Trader salvage operations
Teams from SSC and Ardent boarded the vessel on Saturday after weeks of poor weather conditions and heavy swells had prevented access. Salvage has been delayed a number of times since July due to poor weather
The 2,194 teu, Malta flagged vessel, owned by Lomar Shipping, ran aground on the Durand Reef, off New Caledonia, last July