Tugs & Salvage News
Sulfuric Acid Spills Into Houston Ship Channel
Over the weekend, a ruptured pipe spilled an industrial quantity of sulfuric acid into the water at a chemical terminal on the Hou...
Read More >>Abandoned Transatlantic Rowboat Rediscovered After Three Years at Sea
The wreck of a rowing boat that a team of U.S. Air Force veterans used in a doomed attempt to cross the Atlantic in 2022 has been...
Read More >>Australian Cruise Ship Grounds off Papua New Guinea
On its first voyage following the controversial the death of a passenger two months ago, the expedition cruise ship Coral Adventur...
Read More >>Australia Surveys Historic Shipwrecks to Inform Future Preservation
Authorities in Australia have gathered new data and imagery on the state of three shipwrecks in the country’s waters, a project th...
Read More >>Volunteers Seek $1M to Preserve Historic Great Lakes Car Ferry
Efforts are underway to raise $1 million to help save a historic Great Lakes car ferry that is moored in Northern Michigan and who...
Read More >>Floating Crane Catches Fire at Russian Ship Repair Yard
On Tuesday, a major fire broke out at a small ship repair yard in Nizhy Novgorod, a city on the Volga in western Russia. The Minis...
Read More >>Cargo Discharged from Fire-Damaged ONE and Wan Hai Vessels
The salvage operation for two recent containership fires, ONE Henry Hudson and Wan Hai 503, is continuing. The details show the in...
Read More >>One Killed in U.S. Attack on Suspected Drug Smuggling Boat
On Monday, U.S. Southern Command announced the destruction of another suspected smuggling boat in the waters of the Eastern Pacifi...
Read More >>HM Coastguard Responds After Lifeboat Beaches
Members of the UK’s HM Coastguard were dealing with a mystery early on Sunday morning, December 21, when they started receiving re...
Read More >>Old Shipping Containers Find New Life as Russian Tank Protectors
After their life in oceangoing service, shipping containers get repurposed for all sorts of inventive uses - storage sheds, shop s...
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