Tugs & Salvage News
Coast Guard Rescues Family of Three From Half-Sunken Yacht off Bahamas
On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued a family of three from a partially-sunken sailing vessel near Plana Cays, Bahama...
Read More >>The Grandfather of White-Collar Piracy
In Greece, Max Hardberger posed as an interested buyer, in Haiti as a port official, in Trinidad, a shipper. He has plie...
Read More >>Jackup Barge Collapses and Sinks off Egypt, Killing Four
Egyptian authorities mounted a rescue effort overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday after an oil drilling jackup barge co...
Read More >>New VDR Transcript Sheds Light on Xpress Pearl Disaster
The BBC World Service has obtained a previously unreported VDR transcript of what may be a series of conversations between the mas...
Read More >>Crewmember Dies Trying to Reach Shore After Tug Grounding Off Sulawesi
One crewmember lost his life after a tug went aground at a remote beach in Southeast Sulawesi, according to rescue...
Read More >>NTSB Releases First Report on Mexican Navy Training Ship Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board has released the preliminary results of its investigation into the allision of the Mexica...
Read More >>Wan Hai 503 is Structurally Compromised and Moved Out of Indian EEZ
Weather concerns and the inability to stop the smoldering fire prompted the Indian authorities working with the private salvage...
Read More >>Explosion Reported on Crude Tanker Off the Coast of Libya
A Greek-managed crude tanker has suffered an explosion at a position off the coast of Libya, according to maritime security consul...
Read More >>Fire Breaks Out on Supply Boat in Bay of Gibraltar
On Wednesday, a major fire broke out aboard a supply boat in the Bay of Gibraltar, forcing seven crewmembers to abandon ship over...
Read More >>NTSB: Human Error Caused Towboat Grounding on Ohio River
The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a grounding on the Ohio River last year occurred because an...
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