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Transocean Winner incident and emergency towing vessels one-off session

Inquiry

The Transport Committee examines the events that lead to the running aground of an offshore drilling platform, the Transocean Winner, on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, during its towed voyage from Norway to Malta in August 2016. The Committee also looks into the subsequent salvage operation and how well the risks of environmental damage were managed.

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21 November 2016
Inquiry Transocean Winner incident and emergency towing vessels one-off session
Witnesses Leo Leusink, Chief Operating Officer, Fleet and Operations, ALP Maritime Services B.V., David Wells, Chief Executive Officer, Aqualis Offshore Ltd., Sir Alan Massey KCB CBE, Chief Executive, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Hugh Shaw, Secretary of State's Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, and Dave Walls, Operations Director, Transocean.
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