At the end of World War II, the allied forces ordered German munitions to be destroyed. This led to the creation of dumping areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea for all kinds of munitions. Part of the network connection route is very close to one of these munitions dumping areas, see red section on map.

Investigations have shown that part of the dumped munitions are located outside the designated dumping area. The probable reasons for this are:

• inaccurate dumping of the munitions at the time,
• the munitions may have been moved by trawler fishing and
• sea currents may have shifted the munitions on the seabed.

We recover the explosive ordnance we find using the latest technology and extremely high safety standards for our staff. For the recovery work, we use HD-WROVs (Heavy-Duty Work-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles) and underwater electromagnets.