Tugs & Salvage News

After One Month, New Zealand's Navy Prepares to Defuel Sunken Ship

Published Nov 13, 2024 10:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The New Zealand Defence Force is closing in on an operation to remove the fuel from the lost survey ship Manawanui, whic...

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Faulty Rigging, High Speed Caused Fatal Tug Girting

Published Nov 13, 2024 4:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released its report on the loss of the tug Biter, which was girted...

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US Coast Guard Rescues Three Fishermen After Fire in Gulf of Alaska

Published Nov 12, 2024 10:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Sunday, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter aircrew rescued three survivors from a fishing vessel after it caught fire in t...

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Guinness World Record for Power Set by Damen-Built Electric Tug in UAE

Published Nov 12, 2024 7:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Fully electric tugs have quickly emerged from a novelty in the industry and now Damen Shipyards Group and its client SAF...

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12 Missing After Sinking of Korean Purse Seiner off Jeju Island

Published Nov 12, 2024 6:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Two people are confirmed dead and 12 are missing after the sinking of a fishing vessel off the coast of Jeju Island, in...

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Ferry Evacuated After Running Aground in the Central Philippines

Published Nov 12, 2024 4:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Philippines Coast Guard is reporting the safe evacuation of an interisland ferry that ran around on November 11 prov...

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Container Fire Prompts Maersk Boxship to Divert to Tenerife

Published Nov 12, 2024 4:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

The container ship Rhine Maersk was forced to make an emergency port call in the Canary Islands on Sunday after crew members detec...

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Michigan Distiller Uses Great Lakes Shipwrecks to Create Historic Flavors

Published Nov 11, 2024 9:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A group of distillers and scientists have tapped the holds of a Great Lakes shipwreck in an attempt to revive a 19th-cen...

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Volunteer Divers Find Wreck of WWI Cruiser HMS Hawke

Published Nov 11, 2024 6:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

Volunteer divers have found the wreck of the lost British cruiser HMS Hawke, which went down in World War I with the loss of more...

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On Veterans Day, U.S. Navy Announces Discovery of Lost WWII Destroyer

Published Nov 11, 2024 6:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Marking Veterans' Day, the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Navy have announced the discovery of the WWII destroye...

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