NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation’s coastal marine resources. Of those, 17 were recommended for further assessment and potential removal of both fuel oil and oil cargo. The sunken vessels are […]
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The “state of the art” vessel Seabed Worker has now reached port in Bristol and completed offloading a cargo of 48 tons Silver Bullion. The Seabed Worker is on charter for Odyssey Marine Exploration to salvage cargos of silver from the two shipwrecks Mantola and Gairsoppa. The Seabed Worker has currently salvaged 1,203 silver bars […]
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Odyssey Marine Exploration, pioneers in the field of deep-ocean exploration, announced it has executed a contract with JBR Recovery Limited to support the logistics, refining and monetization of the anticipated silver cargoes from SS Gairsoppa and SS Mantola when recovered. Both the Gairsoppa and Mantola projects are being conducted under contract with the UK Department […]
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Odyssey Marine Exploration, pioneers in the field of deep-ocean exploration, announced that the M/V Seabed Worker has departed port and is on its way to begin operations to recover the anticipated silver cargoes from the SS Gairsoppa and SS Mantola shipwrecks. Historical records indicate the Gairsoppa was carrying up to seven million ounces of […]
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Two Roman shipwrecks were found in the deepwater off the coast of a western Greek island, according to Zeenews.com. The shipwrecks were discovered in the sea between Corfu and Italy during a survey that covered 200 square kilometers, at a depth of 1.2 - 1.4 kilometers where a Greek-Italian gas pipeline is to be sunk. […]
NOAA and the U.S. Navy embarked on a two-day research expedition to survey the condition of two sunken Civil War vessels that have rested on the seafloor of the James River in Hampton Roads, Va., for nearly 150 years. Using state-of-the-art sonar technology to acquire data, researchers will create three-dimensional maps of the two […]
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An underwater battlefield off the coast of North Carolina is the site of a search for two undiscovered World War II shipwrecks… (enctoday) Source: enctoday, June 20 , 2011;
NOAA will lead a summer research expedition to locate and study World War II shipwrecks sunk in 1942 off North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically the Battle of Convoy KS-520. The shipwrecks are located in an area known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” which includes sunken vessels from U.S. and British […]
Oceanic Research and Recovery Inc. , a marine salvage and exploration company, announced that team members have discovered two shipwrecks in the Philippines. Preliminary investigations indicate that at least one of the ships located is believed to be a Manila Galleon that was outbound from Manila to Acapulco, Mexico. The second wreck is believed to […]
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