Nick Sloane (salvage expert)

Nicholas Sloane (born 5 July 1961 in Kitwe, Zambia[1]) is an expert in marine salvage.[2]

He is best known for leading the salvage operation of the wrecked Costa Concordia in September 2013. The ship had collided with rocks a year previously, and had been aground for 20 months before its successful salvage.[2] The salvage was preceded by 16 months of preparatory work,[3] and took a total of 19 hours to complete.[4]

In 2015 Sloane won the German Sea Prize for this salvage action.[5]

References
  1. "Nicholas Sloane". Who's Who SA. Archived from the original on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  2. "Profile: Costa Concordia salvage master Nick Sloane". BBC News. 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  3. ""Costa Concordia"-Bergung: guter Anfang, viele Fragen". ARD Tagesschau. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  4. "Jetzt will ich nur noch ein Bier trinken und schlafen gehen". Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 2013-09-17. ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  5. "Salvage master gets global recognition". IOL News. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
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