Tugs & Salvage News
Ukraine Releases Video of Drone Boat-Launched Drone Attacks
Ukraine's military intelligence division has released a new video of drone attacks on multiple targets in Crimea, in...
Read More >>UK Says with Fires Out, Focus is on Recovery and Pollution Retrieval
HM Coastguard reports that the response to the allision between the containership Solong and the tanker Stena Immaculate...
Read More >>Good Samaritan Vessel Rescues 19 Fishermen After Vessel Fire off Chile
19 fishermen have been rescued from a raft in the South Pacific after their vessel caught fire and sank. The Ga...
Read More >>Cargo Ship Stranded in UK’s Humber Estuary Refloated Sooner Than Expected
After two weeks and a lightering effort salvage crews were finally able to free a stranded Dutch short-sea cargo ship that was a...
Read More >>Fisherman Rescued After 95 Days Adrift off Ecuador
A 61-year-old Peruvian fisherman has been rescued after spending 95 days adrift at sea off the coast of Ecuador. He had...
Read More >>Plastic Pollution Washes Ashore as UK Continues Planning Vessel Salvage
The first signs of pollution were reported by HM Coastguard in the water and washing ashore on Sunday, March 16, followi...
Read More >>Dozens of Abandoned Shipwrecks Pose Safety Risks in Fiji
A fire incident this week onboard a Chinese fishing vessel, Dae Jin, while berthed at Suva Harbor, Fiji has rekindled co...
Read More >>Sunk Costs: Shipwrecks and the Urgent Need for the Nairobi Convention
[By Sheridan Ward] It is estimated that there are 3,800 shipwrecks scattered across the floor of the Pacific Ocean. M...
Read More >>Solong’s Captain Appears in Court for Arraignment for Manslaughter
The captain of the Portuguese-flagged containership Solong which hit the American-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate on March 10 of...
Read More >>UK Charges Captain of Solong with Gross Negligence Manslaughter
The Humberside Police and the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division confirmed late o...
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