Coimbra

Long Island, NY | United States

 Resolve Marine  was contracted by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to assess oil leaking out of the sunken M/T Coimbra The M/T Coimbra is a British Tanker that was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat while en route to Europe. The Wreck, broken into three pieces, sits approximately 30 miles southeast of Shinnecock N.Y in 180 feet of water. After Resolve Marine provided the subsea survey and assessment, the USCG contracted Resolve Marine for subsea oil removal and recovery.

Resolve Marine's research and development team created a specialty “Hot Tap” system to efficiently heat and remove the oil in the ship's tanks. The operation was carried out using Commercial Divers, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Dynamically Positioned (DP) vessels. After discovering fuel discharge seeping from loose rivets, operations commenced patching the active leak-sites and eliminating environmental contamination. In under three months, Resolve Marine's patented “Hot Tap” system extracted over 476,000 gallons of oil in the unforgiving environment under harsh conditions.