Environmental rescue beneath the waves

The sunken Second World War ships lying in their watery graves off Norway’s coast carry a cargo that still poses a major environmental hazard, seven decades after they sank beneath the waves. Their fuel oil is highly dangerous to local marine life as it leaks from the corroding vessels, but marine ecologists and coastal authorities have so far been unable to make this toxic cargo safe.  

But now Framo has developed a specialized pumping system that safely and remotely removes these hazardous chemicals, without the need for putting divers at risk in the cold, deep and treacherous waters. The company, which is now part of the Alfa Laval Group, has successfully carried out 16 operations, with five additional successful operations conducted with the latest generation ROLS X.0 system.