• Oxxean, a company founded in 1977 by brothers Jorge and Ivar Pacheco, has high safety and environmental care standards; and is an expert in maritime services and salvage operations.
• Recovery work will be carried out with specialized vessels, platforms, cranes and high-capacity lifting winches, as well as underwater robots, among others; and will require permits and authorizations from the Chilean Navy and the Environmental Superintendency.

Puerto Montt, August 18. Salmones Blumar reported that Oxxean, a local company that is a leader in maritime salvage matters, was awarded the technical bid to carry out the extraction work of the Caicura center, sunk at a depth of 295 meters.

Oxxean has extensive experience in maritime operations, logistics and port services, as well as providing support services to aquaculture with presence in regions X, XI and XII. It has a specialized area in maritime salvage of vessels, naval artifacts and structures. Likewise, it has extensive knowledge of the area, having provided services in the sea and the coasts of Chilean Patagonia for more than 40 years.

Recovery work will be carried out with specialized vessels, platforms, cranes and high-capacity lifting winches, as well as underwater robots, among others; and will require permits and authorizations from the Chilean Navy and the Environmental Superintendency.

To implement this technical salvage plan, Oxxean will conduct inspections in the sinking area and will analyze all the environmental and oceanographic reports that Salmones Blumar has to date delivered to the authority, in addition to the Risk Analysis report on which work is being done to make the most appropriate decisions for the ecosystem, communities and people.

The salvage task will focus on the extraction of the Caicura center from the seabed. It should be noted that in the recent report on Verification of the State of the Structures and Biomass present on the seabed that was delivered last week to the authority, it was confirmed that the module has not moved and is in the same place since the day of its sinking; and that the biomass is encapsulated within the cages and fish nets.

This extraction plan will consider all necessary safeguards in terms of safety and care of the environment and people.