High Speed 5 Catamaran Clean-Up Antipollution ERS

Antipollution successfully concluded on the 17th of July 2015, the clean-up and hazardous and non-hazardous waste management operations
on the Hellenic Seaways passenger vessel Highspeed 5, which suffered extensive damages at Economy, Business, VIP and Bridge Decks due to
fire incident during maintenance works on 23rd of March 2015.
The project lasted 50 days, during which the highly skilled scientific and technical team of Antipollution undertook the sampling, classification
of waste and inventory of hazardous materials, the pumping of hazardous oily wastes, the packaging, signage and management of hazardous
waste, the cropping and removal of destroyed metal structures of the vessel in accordance to the optimum available practices, as well as marine
environmental protection services, 24/7 security and first aid services.
Taking into consideration the uniqueness of the project for the Greek standards, since it was the first catamaran vessel made of aluminium
whose losses were managed in Greece, ship-owners upon delivery of project expressed their satisfaction for the cooperation, professionalism
and know-how of Antipollution.