salvage operations
Rescuing sunken cargo
Salvage operations are organized efforts to recover property from damage, loss, or destruction—typically ships, cargo, or aircraft from water, or materials from wreckage and disaster sites.
The term covers both the physical work and the legal-commercial framework around it: Salvage operations began within hours of the shipwreck.
Maritime salvage operations may entitle the salvors to a portion of what they recover.
- salvorOne who rescues cargo
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- debris removalClearing scattered remains
- rescueSave from harm
- deep seaLightless ocean zone
bottom of the ocean · recycling · tugboat · tow line · heavy lift · sonar · Lloyd's of London · underwater welding · scuba gear · flotsam and jetsam · buoyancy · diving · hazardous waste disposal · crisis management · oil spill · treasure hunting · retrieve · jetsam
- firefightingfire station, fire truck, fire engine, firefighter, firefighters
- marine technologysubmarines, submersibles, ROVs, underwater drones, diving equipment
- maritime operationscoast guard, coastal patrol, harbor patrol, naval patrols, patrol boats
- salvagesalvor, refloating, refloat, reclaim, recover
- demolitiondemolish, raze, bulldoze, controlled demolition, wreck
- divingscuba, scuba diving, dive mask, dive helmet, diving bells
salvage operationsabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
abandoning ship · scuttling · writing off · desertion · giving up
salvage operationsdestruction
Act of completely ruining
razing · demolition · sinking · controlled demolition · wrecking
salvage operationssabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
sinking · torpedoing · shipwrecking · naval attack · arson