Ardent and Ardentia Join Forces

Global maritime services firm, Ardent, and Ardentia Marine Group, a Spanish salvage, engineering and commercial diving company, have formally partnered for future operations following the signing of a cooperation agreement in June 2016.

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. The company maintains a strong presence in Spain and Portugal.

“Through this 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.

“We have not failed a single job since our company’s formation in 2009,” said Jose Prat, Technical Director and Naval Architect from Ardentia Marine.

“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 2.7 km underwater with remote operated vehicles in 2015.

Ardentia has also completed the fuel and bunker removal of the M/T Woodford at 85m underwater in 2012, and the wreck removal of the trawler Santa Ana in Cabo Peñas, Spain.

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.