Smit Internationale

Smit International NV
legal form	NV
founding	1842
Seat	Rotterdam , Netherlands
management	Ben Vree ( CEO ); Wim H. Kanis ( CFO );
sales	470.3 million euros (2006)
Website	www.smit.com

Smit tug

Taklift 7 floating crane

Smit Internationale NV is a long-standing Dutch company that has achieved international renown for its activities in the field of tug services, salvage of shipwrecks and, above all, for its work after ship accidents. The management of port terminals for external companies is also carried out.

history

The company was founded in 1842 by Fop Smit ; Over the years it specialized more and more in tug services and built many tugs . At the beginning of the 20th century, the company faced competition from L. Smit & Co .; however, the two companies merged in 1923 to become Smit Internationale . Over time, maritime rescue operations also became part of the company's profile. In 1957 Smit removed 41 shipwrecks from the Suez Canal .

Smit has been part of the Royal Boskalis Westminster group of companies since 2010 .

Group structure

Smit consists of four parts of the group:

Smit Harbor Towage , port and tug service from Smit
Smit Terminals , a full package from tug service to port terminal management
Smit Salvage (formerly Smit-Tak), environmental protection, shipwreck and recovery service
Smit Transport & Heavy Lift , logistics service for heavy goods

Other participations:

Smitwijs , joint venture with, among others, Wijsmuller for deep-sea tugs
Smit Lloyd , supply of offshore plants
Smit Lamnalco Terminal Services
Saam Smit Towage , Towing America
Keppel Smit Towage , Towing Services for Asia

Well-known recovery projects

Smit Internationale carried out the following salvage projects, among others:

the tanker Betelgeuse in Ireland, broken into 3 parts (1979/1980)
the Herald of Free Enterprise (1987)
the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk (2000)
the Ehime Maru (2001)
the prestige (2001)
the Jolly Rubino (2002) off South Africa (chemicals as cargo; 500 t heavy fuel oil; fire on board; abandoned aground; towing, emptying; demolition to form an artificial reef)
the tricolor (2002)
the Mighty Servant 3 (2006)
the MSC Napoli (2007)
the AND Adriatic (2008)
the Lisco Gloria (2010)
the Nordlys (2011)
partly the Costa Concordia by emptying the fuel tanks (2012)
the Modern Express off the French coast (2016) (towing the tipped RoRo ferry into a port and erecting it using the ship's tanks)

Web links

Commons : Smit Internationale - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official Websites (English)

Individual evidence

^ Sverre Gutschmidt: Towing before profound change . In: Hansa , Heft 5/2016, pp. 46–49, here p. 47, ISSN 0017-7504
↑ Three in One (salvage of the MT BETELGEUSE) PKFVchannel (Pim Korver Film & Video), youtube.com, (video 44:04 - English), salvage by Smit & Co., Rotterdam, 1979/1980, published October 1 2012, accessed December 27, 2017.
↑ Chris Jenkins: Towing to start on 'critical' Jolly Rubino www.iol.co.za, September 16, 2002, accessed May 2, 2017.
↑ Armuotas: "Jolly Rubino" demolition youtube.com, video (0:47) (English), February 14, 2007, accessed May 2, 2017.
↑ Humans at Sea: A Car Carrier Ship lost stability: Heroic Rescue Operation youtube.com, Video (5:19) (English), October 29, 2016, accessed May 2, 2017.

[1] Sverre Gutschmidt: Towing before profound change . In: Hansa , Heft 5/2016, pp. 46–49, here p. 47, ISSN 0017-7504

[2] Three in One (salvage of the MT BETELGEUSE) PKFVchannel (Pim Korver Film & Video), youtube.com, (video 44:04 - English), salvage by Smit & Co., Rotterdam, 1979/1980, published October 1 2012, accessed December 27, 2017.

[3] Chris Jenkins: Towing to start on 'critical' Jolly Rubino www.iol.co.za, September 16, 2002, accessed May 2, 2017.

[4] Armuotas: "Jolly Rubino" demolition youtube.com, video (0:47) (English), February 14, 2007, accessed May 2, 2017.

[5] Humans at Sea: A Car Carrier Ship lost stability: Heroic Rescue Operation youtube.com, Video (5:19) (English), October 29, 2016, accessed May 2, 2017.