Tugs & Salvage News
Russian Missile Attack Damages MSC Boxship at Port of Odesa
On Saturday, a Russian ballistic missile strike damaged a foreign-flag boxship at the port of Odesa, Ukraine, according...
Read More >>Bulgarian Bulker Saves 34 Fishermen From Burning Boat in the Indian Ocean
A Bulgarian bulker has rescued 34 fishermen from a burning vessel off the coast of Sri Lanka, according to the shipowner. ...
Read More >>Stranded MSC Baltic III Cannot be Safely Refloated Reports Coast Guard
Twelve days after the containership MSC Baltic III (33,767 dwt) lost power and was driven ashore in Canada during a...
Read More >>Strike Against Tug Operator for UK's Royal Navy to Expand in March
Two of the UK’s labor unions are striking against tug operator Serco Marine which provides vital services to the R...
Read More >>Ocean Infinity Relaunches Search for Long-Lost Flight MH370
Deep ocean search company Ocean Infinity has rebooted the hunt for Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 that disappeared over the Indian Oce...
Read More >>Divers Find "Lost" Dutch Submarine From WWII Off Australia
The wreck of a Dutch submarine that rescued survivors after an Australian minesweeper was sunk by Japanese warships duri...
Read More >>Russian Research Vessel Sinks in Icing Conditions in Novorossiysk
A Russian research vessel has gone down because of heavy icing conditions at the port of Novorossiysk, Russia, according to dissid...
Read More >>Wrong Container Weights Led to Stack Collapse on U.S.-Flagged Boxship
The Verified Gross Mass (VGM) regulation that took effect in 2016 was supposed to cut down significantly on the risk of misdeclare...
Read More >>Barging Ahead
[By Pat Zeitler] Tugs and barges are the ox and cart of the maritime world. They have one purpose and that’s to...
Read More >>Fire Stricken Grimaldi Conro Towed to Port
Grimaldi’s Conro Grande Brasile (26,000 dwt) was towed to port on Sunday, February 23, after a fire broke out while the ve...
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