Egypt’s Damietta Port Authority has refloated the LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Energos Winter and moved it to an anchorage about 10 nautical miles from the port after a 14-hour salvage operation with SMIT Salvage.
The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel was damaged in a drone strike at Damietta on July 29.
The attack caused an explosion and fire on board, which also spread to the nearby LNG carrier GasLog Salem. Both fires were brought under control and no deaths or injuries were reported.
Energos Winter later ran aground outside the port’s entrance channel. Egyptian authorities confirmed that the incident was caused by a drone strike but have not identified who was responsible.
Six tugs used in the refloating
SMIT Salvage prepared a technical plan for the operation after inspecting the vessel and carrying out engineering calculations using vessel data.
The refloating work took place on Aug. 6 in rough sea conditions. Capt Yasser Abdel Latif Ahmed and senior port
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