Tugs & Salvage News
Ukraine Carries Out Another Strike on Russia's Novorossiysk Oil Terminal
Amidst ongoing back-and-forth strikes between Iran, its neighbors and U.S. forces, Ukraine has carried on with its campaign of lon...
Read More >>Iran Tries to Intimidate Shipping With Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz
Iranian authorities are attempting to close the Straits of Hormuz by warning traffic over Channel 16 that the Straits are closed....
Read More >>Australia Detains Bulker After 24-Day Response to Engine Problem
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is reporting that it has placed a detention order on a Chinese manager bulker, which has...
Read More >>Oil Leaking from Sealloyd Arc Shipwreck Hits Thailand's Tourist Beaches
Thai officials are sounding the alarm and calling the latest developments “worrying” as reports grow of oil leaking from the wreck...
Read More >>Salvors Successfully Refloat Wrecked Barge at San Juan's Harbor Entrance
Salvors from Donjon-SMIT have successfully refloated and removed the fuel barge that went aground at the entrance to San Juan's ha...
Read More >>Philippine Divers Release Video of Search for Remains Inside Lost Ferry
The Philippine Coast Guard's salvage divers continue to conduct dangerous and difficult search-and-recovery work at the wreck site...
Read More >>Salvors Prepare to Refloat Grounded Barge at San Juan Harbor Entrance
The U.S. Coast Guard has approved a salvage plan for the wreck of the fuel barge Defiant, which ran aground at the base of the his...
Read More >>Ladder Truck Saves Six Crewmembers From Sinking Ferry
Last week, Turkish firemen used novel means to save the crew of a stricken ferry at a shipyard in the town of Gialova, Turkey. The...
Read More >>Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Patrol Boats and Maritime Patrol Aircraft
On Saturday, Ukraine's armed forces renewed their campaign of drone strikes on the naval harbor at Sevastopol, hitting two patrol...
Read More >>Japanese Cargo Ship Hits Fishing Boat, Splitting It and Killing Two
A small Japanese coast cargo ship is reported to have run down a recreational fishing boat midday on Friday, February 20, killing...
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