The article offers the author's wood identification project that involves lumbers salvaged from the sunken Greek vessel Kiperousa. He mentions that the Durban based company, P & I Associates was appointed to supervise the salvage of the lumbers which is done by a helicopter and a barge. He notes that the lumbers had to be identified for consignment value before they are sold to public auctions. Several types of lumbers are presented including Okoume, Padouk and Ovengkol.