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Overview
Created in 1976, the Les Abeilles provides marine environment pollution protection and prevention.
Its duties includes: preventing vessels from running aground, assistance and salvage operations to vessels in distress, preventing the risks of pollution.
The Les Abeilles company is a member of the International Salvage Union (ISU), which includes 46 companies in 29 throughout the world, all specialising in offshore salvage and assistance. ISU members are exclusively companies able to claim major success in salvage and pollution prevention work. They must possess the high level of expertise required from professional salvage operators.
Strengthened by recognized skills, Les Abeilles is currently among the world leaders in its field!
Les Abeilles operations:
- Over 400 assistance and salvage operations.
- Over 400 escort operations for damaged vessels.
- Over 600 stand-by operations in proximity to vessels in difficulty that have resumed their course. For a tug, this operation entails remaining alongside a vessel to ensure its safety and, where necessary, taking action if the situation should deteriorate, notably in the event of bad weather.
Over 200 diverse operations, including, among other things, the recovery of cargo containers, buoys, pollution reconnaissance and operations that help to ensure higher safety levels.
