DSME PROVIDES SALVAGE SUPPORT FOR SUNKEN FERRY
Korean shipbuilding giant Daewoo (DSME) has recently sent the ‘Okpo 3600’, a company-owned sea crane, to South Korea’s Jindo coast to help salvage the sunken ferry ‘Sewol’. On the day of the accident, the shipbuilder reportedly received a request to send the sea crane to assist with salvage work from the National Maritime Policy Agency. DSME president and CEO, Jaeho Ko, subsequently ordered its departure, offering the company’s full support, personnel and facilities to the recovery operations. DSME has also established a charitable fund to assist the families of missing people and victims of the ferry disaster. The sea crane has participated in such salvage and recovery work in the past, including assisting on a sunken Korean Navy warship wreck in 2010. (Source: Baird)