Tugs & Salvage News
Iranian Frigate Capsizes at the Pier
Over the weekend, the Iranian Navy suffered a serious casualty in port at Bandar Abbas. The frigate IRIS Sahand capsized at her be...
Read More >>Tanker Runs Aground in Cayman Islands
On Saturday, a 50,000 dwt product tanker went aground on coral heads in the Cayman Islands, prompting an emergency response from t...
Read More >>Hurricane Beryl Turns Towards Texas Coast
Hurricane Beryl strengthened to hurricane force for a second time before making its third landfall in Texas. The st...
Read More >>Report: Abandoned Tanker Sinks Off Yemen
The aging tanker Lavant, which sustained uncontrollable flooding off the southeastern coast of Yemen in June, appears to...
Read More >>IMO Asks for ROV to Support Cleanup Off Yemen After Rubymar Sank
The International Maritime Organization has gone public with an appeal to the world community inviting in-kind contribut...
Read More >>Another Boxship Loses Power in Baltimore's Harbor
On Monday morning, another boxship briefly lost power after leaving the pier at the Port of Baltimore, reinforcing conce...
Read More >>Dredge Linked to WWII Wreck Desecration Has Been Arrested Again
The Chinese grab dredge that allegedly desecrated the wrecks of two famous WWII warships off Malaysia has run into troub...
Read More >>Fiji Recovers Patrol Boat Three Weeks After Grounding on First Patrol
Three weeks after its new patrol boat RFNS Puamau grounded during its first patrol, the Fiji Navy is reporting the vesse...
Read More >>Salvors Decontaminate and Refloat Well-Known Cruise Ship Aurora
Contractors working for the U.S. Coast Guard have decontaminated and refloated the derelict former cruise ship Aurora, w...
Read More >>A Vessel That Australia Banned Catches Fire and Sinks Off Java
An Indonesian freighter with a past history of port state bans has caught fire and sunk in the Java Sea, according to Indonesia...
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