FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2011 Contact: Debra Colbert, 301/332-0813; daccomm@aol.com Alexandria, VA – On June 13, 2011, Donjon-SMIT, LLC, was notified that a client vessel was aground in the Mississippi River just above Cubit’s Gap, about 10 miles below Venice, Louisiana. Traffic on the Mississippi was not impeded by the grounded vessel. Donjon-SMIT, [...]
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DONJON-SMIT, responds to, refloats grounded tanker in the Mississippi River
Monday, June 20th, 2011DONJON-SMIT Assists SMIT in Deep Sea Horizon Firefighting
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Donjon-SMIT is providing personnel to assist one of its parent companies, SMIT Americas, in the firefighting efforts onboard the MODU Deep Sea Horizon.
DONJON-SMIT, LLC PROVIDES EMERGENCY TOWING ASSISTANCE TO VESSEL SOUTH OF NANTUCKET
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2010 Contact: Debra Colbert, Donjon-SMIT, 301/565-5329; daccomm@aol.com Alexandria, VA—On Monday, January 18, 2010, Donjon-SMIT, LLC, an OPA-90 Alliance, was notified by QI Gallagher Marine Services that a vessel required emergency towing assistance. The Tavricheski Bridge, managed by UNICOM Ship Management, had broken a main engine camshaft and lost [...]
Donjon-SMIT personnel assist in the salvage of the M/V Fedra
Monday, June 15th, 2009On October 10, 2008, during a significant storm, the M/V Fedra grounded and subsequently sank off the eastern side of Europa Point in Gibraltar in approximately 20 feet of water. As a result of the grounding and pounding of the vessel due to sea conditions, the vessel separated in two pieces at the forward end [...]