Salvage of the MSC Baltic III Wreck Prepares to Remove Final Stern Sections

The salvage efforts in Newfoundland, Canada, to clear the wreck of the containership MSC Baltic III continue to report strong progress. In the latest update, the Canadian Coast Guard reports that Resolve Marine is preparing for pulling operations for the final two portions of the stern that remain in the water.

Clearance of the wreck got underway during the summer of 2026, nearly a year and a half after the 33,767-dwt containership blacked out and was driven ashore in Ceder Cove, Newfoundland, near Corner Brook, in February 2025. The 207-meter (679-foot) vessel, which had a capacity for 2,478 TEU, had about 400 containers aboard. Canadian forces airlifted the crew from the ship without injury.

The upper works of the containership were stripped away, including the accommodation block and the cargo hatches and gear. Upper portions of the hull were also removed before the operation began pulling sections of the vessel forward onto the beach to be cut up and trucked away for recycling.

Portion of the stern of the MSC Baltic III pulled shore for recycling (Canadian Coast Guard)

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