Ardent And Ardentia Join Strenghts
Ardent and Ardentia Marine Group have formally partnered for future operations. The two companies signed a cooperation agreement in June 2016. Ardentia Marine Group maintains a strong presence in Spain and Portugal.
“Through Ardentia’s strong capabilities, we are able to provide prompt actions to any emergency response and wreck removal operations in the area with the dedicated personnel and equipment,” said Oliver Timofei, Ardent’s Director of Emergency Response.
Ardentia has been the emergency response and underwater services provider for the Spanish Coast Guard since 2009, and has intervened in nearly 100 operations with marine casualty control, fuel and bunker removal, refloating and wreck removal.
“With this cooperation, Ardent is able to provide a two-tier response network of providing a joint approach between the two companies. We can also provide tailor-made preparedness services for governments and ship-owners,” Timofei added.
Prior to the cooperation, both companies had jointly worked on the “Oleg Naydenov” to remove oil from the submerged fishing trawler at 2.7km underwater with remote operated vehicles in 2015.
In May, 2015, Svitzer Salvage, a part of the Maersk Group, and Titan Salvage, under the Crowley Group, merged to form Ardent. Ardent sustains one of the most robust maritime preparedness programs in the industry for all vessels.