Tugs & Salvage News

Evergreen Containership and Smaller Bulker Collide off China

Published Mar 18, 2024 5:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Chinese officials released details on a collision between an Evergreen containership and a local bulk carrier. The accid...

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Fire Burning Aboard Cuyahoga, Canada’s Oldest Laker

Published Mar 15, 2024 3:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

The US Coast Guard is reporting a fire burning aboard Canada’s oldest Great Lakes cargo vessel. The 81-year-old Cuyahoga has...

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UK Researchers Find Wreck of a Steamship Sunk by U-Boat in WWI

Published Mar 14, 2024 10:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Using past sonar data and historical records, scientists at Bangor University have found the wreck of a steamship that w...

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Four More Subsea Cables Disrupted Off Africa

Published Mar 14, 2024 9:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Thursday morning, damage to at least four subsea cables along the west coast of Africa slowed down internet access for a dozen...

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60-Plus Migrants Perish in Central Mediterranean After Engine Failure

Published Mar 14, 2024 3:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

At least 60 maritime migrants have died after going adrift in the Central Mediterranean, according to aid group SOS Mediterranee.&...

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King Tides Reveal Shipwreck From Age of Sail in Ipswich

Published Mar 13, 2024 9:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A large and previously-unseen hull section from the lost schooner Ada K. Damon has appeared on Crane Beach, the lon...

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Search of Lost Thai Navy Frigate Ends Without Finding Missing Crew

Published Mar 12, 2024 10:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

A partial salvage operation on the wreck of the Royal Thai Navy frigate Sukhothai has concluded, without recovering the remai...

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Top Insurer Subsidizes Use of AI Navigation-Safety Tool

Published Mar 12, 2024 7:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

After successful testing, insurer NorthStandard has decided to subsidize the use of AI-driven collision avoidance aboard its custo...

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11 Survivors of Houthi Missile Attack Return Home, Two Remain in Hospital

Published Mar 12, 2024 6:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

The surviving crewmembers of the bulker True Confidence have begun to return to the Philippines, and 11 of them arrived in Manila...

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Flight MH370's Disappearance Shows the Difficulty of Deep-Sea Search

Published Mar 11, 2024 8:42 PM by The Conversation

  [By Jamie Pringle, Alastair Ruffell Reader and Ruth Morgan] It has been ten years since Malaysian Airlines...

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