Tugs & Salvage News
First Phase of Salvage of Capsized Bulker Completed Reports SAMSA
South African officials reported that the first phase of the recovery effort for the grounded bulker Ultra Galaxy has be...
Read More >>Overreliance on GPS Nearly Caused Grounding in Great Barrier Reef
The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its investigative report on the near-grounding of the Rosco Poplar...
Read More >>Orcas Sink Yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
The crew of a British yacht had to be rescued after an orca sank their vessel in the Strait of Gibraltar, according to Spanish aut...
Read More >>Video: Philippines Race to Control Oil Spill as Tanker Sinks in Manila Bay
Philippine officials said they are “racing against time” to prevent an environmental disaster in Manila Bay...
Read More >>Search for Longliner's Four Missing Crew Called Off Due to Weather
The government of the Falkland Islands has decided to suspend search and recovery operations for the last missing fisher...
Read More >>West P&I: Sanctions on Russian Insurer Could Impede Claims
The UK-based P&I club West has warned its shipowning customers that it may not be able to pay out in the event of a casualty i...
Read More >>Salvage Team Surveys Fire-Damaged Hafnia Product Tanker
Hafnia is working with the officials in Malaysia and Singapore to develop a salvage plan for its heavily damaged product...
Read More >>Video: Breaching Whale Capsizes Fishing Boat
On Tuesday, a whale struck and swamped a fishing boat off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sending two fishermen...
Read More >>Ukraine Claims Strike on Kerch Strait's Strategic Rail Ferry
Ukrainian forces attacked a ferry terminal at the Russian port of Kavkaz on Tuesday, killing one and injuring others, ac...
Read More >>Video: Major Fires Doused as Teams Fight Reflash on Maersk Vessel
On the fifth day of the firefight aboard the Maersk Frankfurt, the Indian Coast Guard is reporting that the major fires...
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