[4] She was refitted and converted in Portugal into a skimmer to assist in the cleanup of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana.

TMT stated that the ship's poor performance was due to the dispersion of oil in the Gulf.

The ship's crew remained stranded for six months without pay, exacerbated by owner TMT's bankruptcy filing in June, before eventually receiving supplies and some of their backpay in July.

[9] That August the ship was allegedly fired on by Libyan Marine Special Forces, according to a video posted on their Facebook page, as it attempted to enter the Es Sider terminal.

[10] In 2014 the ship was renamed to Madison Orca and transferred to Monarch Vessel Holdings Corporation.