Tugs & Salvage News
Video: Japanese Cargo Ship Capsizes and Sinks After Collision
Two Japanese cargo ships collided while traveling through the Kurushima Strait in the Seto Inland Sea on the night of February 2 w...
Read More >>GAO: Coast Guard Needs to Improve its Fishing Vessel Safety Efforts
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified a number of actions that the Coast Guard needs to take to help prevent f...
Read More >>MSC Containership Grounds Departing Singapore
One of MSC’s ultra-large containerships grounded off Batam after departing Singapore. Reports indicate that there were no in...
Read More >>Greenpeace Protesters Cleared of Charges for Blockading Russian Ship
A group of Greenpeace protesters who blocked the arrival of a Russian tanker at a terminal on the Thames last year have been acqui...
Read More >>Chinese Vessel in Distress Attracts Help - And Suspicion
The Philippine Coast Guard has rescued the crew of a Chinese vessel off the coast of Samar, an island on the eastern side of the a...
Read More >>Video: Fire on Containership Near Pacific Entrance to Panama Canal
A containership operating under charter to MSC reported an engine room fire as it was arriving at the terminal in Balboa, Panama n...
Read More >>U.S. Coast Guard Cracks Down on Northwest's AIS-Disabling Fishermen
The U.S. Coast Guard's Columbia River unit is beginning to crack down on fishermen who turn off their AIS to keep their locati...
Read More >>Work & Rest Issues Contributed to OSV Platform Allision
Crewmember fatigue was the root cause of an allision between a small OSV and an offshore platform off the coast of Port Fourchon i...
Read More >>Smugglers Are Abandoning Migrants on Rocky Island in Mona Passage
Monito Island, an uninhabited outcropping of American territory in the Mona Passage, is becoming a regular destination for migrant...
Read More >>Video: Vietnamese Cargo Ship Washes Ashore in Surf
Storms along the Pacific coast in Asia have been playing havoc on shipping this week with a Chinese vessel lost in the East China...
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