Tugs & Salvage News
Indian Navy Removes Unexploded Missile From Inside a VLCC
The Indian Navy's EOD specialists have carefully removed an unexploded missile from inside the hull of a Greek-owned VLCC. The tan...
Read More >>Atlantic Crossing Attempt in Four-Foot Boat Ends in Rescue off Newfoundland
The prospect of chasing a world record holds a certain fascination for adventurers, and often leads them in unusual directions. Th...
Read More >>Greek Ferry Breaks Concrete Jetty in Half and Comes Away Undamaged
[Brief] On Monday night, a car ferry hit a jetty at the entrance to the port of Rafina, Greece, damaging it so badly that the jett...
Read More >>Cargo Ship Goes Aground and Spills Petroleum off Luzon
A bow-ramp deck cargo ship has gone aground off the northwest coast of Luzon, partially capsizing and releasing oil into the water...
Read More >>India Asserts Maintenance and Training Issues Caused MSC Elsa 3 Loss
A year after the MSC Elsa 3 containership sank off the coast of India, the Directorate General of Shipping filed its preliminary r...
Read More >>Helmsman Charged with “Drunk Driving” After Hitting Sailboat and Pier
Danish authorities reported placing the helmsman of a general cargo ship under arrest on Monday evening after the vessel he was co...
Read More >>USV Rescues Two U.S. Army Helicopter Pilots Who Were Shot Down by Iran
A U.S. Army helicopter was shot down by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday morning, prompting a high-stakes rescue...
Read More >>Famed Lightship Turned Museum Collides with Sailboat off Germany
Germany’s sea rescue teams responded overnight on June 7 to reports that a historic lightship now operating as a museum ship and a...
Read More >>Mystery Surrounds Drone Explosion in Port of Constanta
On Friday, a Ukrainian naval drone was discovered in the Romanian port of Constanta, entangled in a pollution-control boom. The de...
Read More >>Crew Rescued After Container Feeder Sinks off Singapore
On Friday night, a small container ship went down in the middle of the Strait of Singapore, just hours after leaving the pier. At...
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