SXM National Recovery Program Bureau

With most of the works already completed, the shipwreck salvaging activity is wrapping up as a major success of the Sint Maarten Trust Fund’s Emergency Debris Management Project (EDMP).
By the end of the activity, exactly 139 damaged and/or submerged vessels were removed from Mullet Pond and the Simpson Bay Lagoon and safely decommissioned. This figure is 19 more vessels than the original target of 120.
The initiative also disposed of approximately 3,200 metric tons of ferrous (iron-based) scrap metal and roughly 400 metric tons of non-ferrous scrap metal – such as zinc, copper, and aluminum.
Read more here: https://nrpbsxm.org/139-shipwrecks-successfully-removed.../