Taklift 4 lifting the bow of car-carrier MV Baltic Ace. She sank after a collision in the North Sea on the 5th of December 2012. She carried 1417 brand new Mitsubishi from Zeebrugge, Belgium to Kotka, Finland.
The car carrier was cut into sections on the seabed by means of a gigantic cutting wire. The salvaged parts were lifted onto Smit Barges and Wagenborg Barge 8. The salvage operation was performed by Boskalis and Mammoet Salvage.
The Taklift 4 is a 2200t floating sheerleg built in 1981 and owned by Boskalis.