Tugs & Salvage News
Marine From USS Iwo Jima Declared Lost at Sea in MOB Incident
Late Wednesday evening, the U.S. Marine Corps reported that a Marine had been declared lost at sea after falling overboard from th...
Read More >>Philippine Government Fires 14 Officials Over Deadly Ferry Disaster
An investigation into the deadly sinking of the ferry Trisha Kerstin 3 has determined that the vessel was overloaded on the casual...
Read More >>Container Feeder Rescues Solo Sailor in Rough Weather off Bermuda
On Tuesday, the crew of a container feeder rescued a single-handed sailor from a disabled yacht off the coast of Bermuda, despite...
Read More >>UK Report on Fatal 2023 Collision Finds Vessels Did Not Follow Safety Regs
The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch issued its final report on the October 2023 collision of two cargo ships in the Germ...
Read More >>Chemical Tanker Collides With Fishing Vessel off Kobe, Injuring One
[Brief] On Wednesday afternoon, a chemical tanker collided with a fishing vessel off the coast of Kobe, Japan, according to the Ja...
Read More >>Seven Fishermen Rescued From Listing Vessel off A Coruña
Seven fishermen from a stricken vessel were rescued by good Samaritans off the coast of A Coruña on Monday, according to Spanish S...
Read More >>Aging OSV Goes Hard Aground on the Rocks in Dominican Republic
An OSV carrying a tugboat on deck has gone aground outside the bay at Luperon, a popular sailing yacht destination on the north si...
Read More >>Philippines Works to Refloat Tanker Driven Ashore in Storm
The Philippine Coast Guard is monitoring the situation as efforts are underway to refloat a tanker that went ashore in the environ...
Read More >>Thailand Reports Progress in Managing Oil and Containers from Sunken Ship
Thailand has organized an Incident Command Center and reports it is making progress in the efforts to assess and manage the situat...
Read More >>High Surf Delays Response to San Juan Barge Grounding
Rough surface conditions are delaying the salvage response to the grounding of a tank barge at the entrance to San Juan's harbor,...
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