Tugs & Salvage News
Dozens of Abandoned Shipwrecks Pose Safety Risks in Fiji
A fire incident this week onboard a Chinese fishing vessel, Dae Jin, while berthed at Suva Harbor, Fiji has rekindled co...
Read More >>Sunk Costs: Shipwrecks and the Urgent Need for the Nairobi Convention
[By Sheridan Ward] It is estimated that there are 3,800 shipwrecks scattered across the floor of the Pacific Ocean. M...
Read More >>Solong’s Captain Appears in Court for Arraignment for Manslaughter
The captain of the Portuguese-flagged containership Solong which hit the American-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate on March 10 of...
Read More >>UK Charges Captain of Solong with Gross Negligence Manslaughter
The Humberside Police and the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division confirmed late o...
Read More >>UK Pursues North Sea Incident Investigation as Court Extends Detention
As salvage teams are making headway in efforts related to the Stena Immaculate and the Solong, the UK’s Marine Acc...
Read More >>Report: Chinese Cargo Ship Sank North Korean Bulker Smuggling Coal
A media report is circulating today, March 13, in South Korea saying that a North Korean bulker smuggling coal was involved in a c...
Read More >>Australia Destroys Indonesian Fishing Boat for Illegal Shark Finning
The Australian Border Force has destroyed an Indonesian fishing boat after finding hundreds of illegally-obtained s...
Read More >>Video Released of Impact as Salvage Teams Prepare to Board Both Ships
Officials from HM Coastguard and the shipping companies involved in Monday’s incident in the North Sea are reporting that...
Read More >>Volgoneft Tanker Owners Face Lawsuits Over Kerch Strait Spill
The owners of the riverine tankers that split up and sank in the Black Sea in December are facing multiple lawsuits as Russian g...
Read More >>Norwegian Reefer Goes Aground in the Hebrides
This week, a Norwegian reefer ship narrowly avoided disaster after grounding on a remote shore in the Hebrides. At ab...
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