Tugs & Salvage News
Tar Balls Wash Ashore as Salvage Continues of MSC Baltic III
The Canadian Coast Guard confirmed that a few tar balls have been recovered in the area near where the MSC Baltic III co...
Read More >>Death Toll in Chinese Sand Carrier Capsizing Rises to Four
[Graphic images - reader discretion advised] The remains of two more deceased crewmembers have been recovered from th...
Read More >>Helmsman and Pilots Worked Against Each Other During Fremantle Allision
An interim factfinding report on the allision involving the boxship Maersk Shekou at Fremantle last year suggests that t...
Read More >>Two Dead, Nine Missing After Capsizing of Chinese Sand Carrier
Rescuers are attempting to find survivors after the capsizing of a Chinese-operated sand carrier off the coast of Rizal, Occidenta...
Read More >>Major EV Fire Breaks Out Aboard Ro/Ro at Zeebrugge
On Wednesday, a fire broke out aboard a ro/ro cargo ship at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, prompting an immediate - and...
Read More >>Safety Panel Rules That Sewol Sinking Started With a Steering Failure
The latest investigation into the sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol has concluded that the capsizing was initiated...
Read More >>NTSB: Two Tankers Had the Same Accident in Two Years on Cooper River
The NTSB has determined that the tanker Hafnia Amessi struck a pier on the Cooper River last year because the pilot let...
Read More >>Estonian Navy Detains Stateless Tanker With Dozens of Deficiencies
On Friday, the Estonian Navy boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker in the Baltic for allegedly flying a false flag. T...
Read More >>Grounded Scallop Boat Spills Diesel in Boston Harbor
On Friday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Boston Police Department rescued three fishermen from a scallop boat tha...
Read More >>Six Dead in Helicopter Crash on the Hudson River
Six people are reported dead after a small helicopter crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, according to local firs...
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