Tugs & Salvage News
Two Tankers Attacked on Omani Route in Strait of Hormuz, Brent Hits $108
UK Maritime Trade Operations reports that two more vessels have been attacked on the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz, the lates...
Read More >>Photos: Deconstruction of MSC Baltic III Wreck Nears Halfway Point
The Canadian Coast Guard reports that the team from Resolve Marine continues to make good progress on the removal of the wreck of...
Read More >>Teenage Fisherman Survives for Days on Upturned Skiff in Bering Sea
Last weekend, a teenage fisherman survived atop the hull of a capsized skiff in frigid Bering Sea waters for days while awaiting r...
Read More >>Fire Destroys Philippine Ferry, Killing Five and Leaving Dozens Missing
A fire aboard a passenger ferry off the coast of the Philippines has killed at least five people, according to the Philippine Coas...
Read More >>After a Leak, Troubled Ferry Glen Sannox No Longer Runs on LNG
The Scottish ferry Glen Sannox was billed as an environmentally-friendly LNG powered alternative when it was first ordered in 2014...
Read More >>Houthi Forces Attack Saudi Aramco's Jazan Refinery
In back-to-back strikes on Monday and Tuesday, Yemen's Houthi rebels hit the Saudi refining complex at Jazan (Jizan) with drones a...
Read More >>Korean Coast Guard Raids Shipping Company Office in Tugboat Investigation
Nearly a week after the loss of a tugboat while working a containership off the Port of Busan, the Coast Guard raided the offices...
Read More >>ROV Inspection Confirms Wreck Site of Lost Turkish Freighter
Turkey's navy has found the wreck of the Tugberk Imamoglu, a coastal freighter that sank last week after a collision with a produc...
Read More >>U.S. Forces Destroy One Iranian Tanker and Damage Two More
On Saturday, U.S. Central Command reported that Iranian forces attempted to hit a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier with ballistic missil...
Read More >>Newly-Rebuilt Rescue Boat for New South Wales Suffers Damage in Collision
A newly refurbished vessel that was awaiting deployment for search and rescue operations off New South Wales will not enter servic...
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