Tugs & Salvage News
Massive Container Explosion Was Caused By Self-Heating Chemical Cargo
The dramatic container explosion aboard the boxship YM Mobility at Ningbo last year was caused by thermal runaway i...
Read More >>NTSB Cites Inexperienced Pilot Using Cell Phone in Ohio River Tow Incident
The NTSB released a report on a 2024 incident in which a towing vessel moving coal barges struck a vane dike on the Ohio...
Read More >>Jury Awards $2.8M to Crewmembers of Superyacht That Sank a Tanker
Three former crewmembers of a yacht that hit and sank a tanker in 2021 have won millions of dollars in damages in a suit...
Read More >>Egypt Launches First Domestically-Built Tugs for Suez Canal
Egyptian officials celebrated the launch of the first two domestically-built tugboats on April 23, which will be used for the Su...
Read More >>Argentine Responders Rescue Crew of Sinking Tug on Rio de la Plata
Last week, the Argentine Naval Prefecture rescued the crew of a tug that flooded and partially sank while pushing a cont...
Read More >>MSC Boxship Gets Emergency Tow to Las Palmas
Over the weekend, Spanish first responders rescued a disabled MSC boxship that was adrift just off Gran Canaria, a...
Read More >>Fire-Damaged Conro Departs for Scrapyard After Awakening Belgium
Grimaldi’s fire-damaged Conro Grande Brasile was towed from the Port of Antwerp, Belgium where it had laid for the past tw...
Read More >>NOAA Finds a Flashy Car Inside the Wreck of WWII Carrier USS Yorktown
On a recent deployment to the Pacific, a NOAA remotely operated vehicle (ROV) crew spotted an unusual vehicle inside the...
Read More >>Passengers Evacuated After Ferry Grounds in Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard reports the successful evacuation of the passengers from an interisland ferry that grounded late on A...
Read More >>Photos: Death Toll From Chinese Dredger Capsizing Rises to Nine
The death toll from the capsizing of the dredger Hong Hai 16 has risen to nine people, with two more still missing, according to t...
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