Tugs & Salvage News
Volunteer Lifeboat Crew Saves Trawler From Flooding off Newhaven
At about 0740 hours on Monday morning, the volunteer duty crewmembers at the RNLI station in Newhaven, UK were called to assi...
Read More >>Search Launched After Vendee Globe Competitor Abandons Ship
A leading competitor in this year's Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race has abandoned ship, and a search to find him is und...
Read More >>U.S. Navy Decides to Scrap Fire-Damaged Amphib USS Bonhomme Richard
The U.S. Navy has decided to scrap the fire-ravaged amphib USS Bonhomme Richard, weighing the extent of the damage and cost of rep...
Read More >>Boxship Rescues Missing Man Off Port Canaveral
[Brief] In a lucky rescue, a good samaritan vessel found a missing man about 75 nautical miles to the east of Port Canaveral, Flor...
Read More >>Photos: Salvors Finish First Cut on Golden Ray Wreck Removal
After weeks of work and adjustment, salvors have finally finished cutting and lifting the first of eight sections of the wreck of...
Read More >>Report: Alcohol Contributed to Fatal Crushing Accident on Freighter
The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report on a fatal accident aboard the freighter Karina C...
Read More >>Three Crewmembers Rescued From Barge After Tug Sinks off Rhode Island
On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three crewmembers from a small barge after their tug sank off Point Judith...
Read More >>Video: Update on Progress with the First Cut into Golden Ray Wreck
Nearly three weeks after the cutting began on the wreck of the Golden Ray, the St. Simons Incident Response team reports that they...
Read More >>Video: Good Samaritans Rescue Crew of Sinking Fishing Vessel
On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard worked with a good samaritan vessel to rescue five people after their fishing vessel began to sin...
Read More >>UN Received Approval to Board Decaying FSO Off War-Torn Yemen
After months of stalled negations, UN representatives said they have received official permission to inspect and repair an aging F...
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