BISSO MARINE ASSISTS IN FOURCHON
BISSO MARINE CO., INC. recently responded to the emergency call to assist with the salvage of an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) which sank in Belle Pass, Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The 216 foot long AHTS sank on the edge of the east side of the channel with the main deck barely awash. BISSO MARINE immediately mobilized divers and tugboats to assist in the stabilization efforts. Once it was determined that there was no eminent danger of further sinking, BISSO MARINE divers began a patching and pumping operation and dewatered the vessel except where significantly holed in the bow. The salvage team placed a salvage bundle under the bow and the 600 ton capacity D/B LILI BISSO was used to lift the 6140 BHP vessel. Once the D/B LILI BISSO lifted the bow, the derrick barge assisted the AHTS, whose lightship displacement is 1230 tons, to an area drydock for immediate repairs.
