Tugs & Salvage News
Salvage Efforts Prepare Grounded MSC Baltic III for Winter
Salvage efforts are continuing eight months after the containership MSC Baltic III went aground in a remote cove on the west sho...
Read More >>Two Dead, 20 Injured as Russian Floating Crane Capsizes in Sevastopol
Russian authorities are saying a criminal investigation exploring possible negligence will be launched after a floating crane ca...
Read More >>Launch Sinks After Colliding With Tanker in Amsterdam, Killing One
One person has been found dead and one more remains missing after a collision between a tanker and a harbor launch in Am...
Read More >>U.S. Navy Gets Out of the Way as Hurricane Melissa Turns North
Hurricane Melissa has taken a hard right turn and is now headed straight for Jamaica, packing Category 5 strength. It is...
Read More >>Three Racing Trimarans Capsize in One Night on Transatlantic Race
The Transat Café l'Or ocean race got off to a rough start last weekend with the capsizings of no less than th...
Read More >>Salvage of Fire-Damaged Wan Hai 503 Faces Operational Challenges
More than a month after the fire-damaged containership Wan Hai 503 was granted permission for entry into its port of refuge, the...
Read More >>Grimaldi Car Carrier Disabled in English Channel by Engine Room Fire
A car carrier transiting the English Channel reported a fire and subsequently requested a tow. Unlike other recent incid...
Read More >>Two Missing as Chinese Bulker Sinks After Colliding with Wan Hai Boxship
Chinese officials in Guangzhou report that a search and rescue mission was underway for two missing seafarers after a small Chin...
Read More >>Tanker Damaged in North Sea Collision Sold and Reaches Turkey for Repairs
Stena Bulk confirmed today, October 24, in a brief statement that the company has sold the fire-damaged tanker Stena Immaculate,...
Read More >>Indian Navy Aids in Firefight and Recovery of Burning LPG Carrier off Yemen
Recovery and salvage efforts are underway after the LPG carrier Falcon reported an explosion and fire last Saturday, October 18,...
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