Russian Fishing Vessel Alpha Crux Sinks Alongside in Montevideo
The Russian-flagged fishing vessel Alpha Crux lost stability and sank at its berth in Montevideo; all 41 crew were evacuated without injury.
Two Crew Killed in Engine Room Fire on South Korean Product Tanker
Two crewmembers died in an engine room fire aboard a South Korean-flagged product tanker off Incheon; 16 of the 18 on board were rescued.
Tugboat Sual 1 Sinks Off Zambales After Beaching Attempt Fails
The tugboat Sual 1 has sunk off Botolan in Zambales after being intentionally grounded to prevent its loss, with all crew rescued and no injuries reported.
Tug SL Sual 1 Capsizes and Sinks During Refloat Off Luzon
The grounded tug SL Sual 1 capsized within minutes of a refloat attempt off Zambales, with all ten personnel abandoning ship safely into the water.
Sanctioned Tanker Caroline Bezengi Still Leaking Oil Off Oman
The beached shadow-fleet tanker is settling deeper in the water off the Hallaniyat Islands, and salvage work cannot begin until the Khareef monsoon eases.
Oil From Grounded Shadow Fleet Tanker Comes Ashore in Oman
Crude from the grounded Suezmax Caroline Bezengi is washing ashore in Oman, where crews are cleaning the coastline by hand while 40-knot winds keep salvage vessels away from the wreck.
Salvage Teams Board Stricken Tanker Off Oman In Monsoon Conditions
A large international salvage and pollution response operation is under way on a stricken tanker off the coast of Oman, with specialist teams having boarded the vessel to begin stabilising both the ship and its cargo.
Oil From Grounded Tanker Begins Washing Ashore In Oman
Oil from a tanker grounded off Oman has begun reaching the shoreline, with estimates of the affected area ranging from 400 to more than 2,000 square kilometres.
Salvors Refloat Damietta Gas Unit Two Months After Drone Strike
Salvors have refloated a gas unit at Damietta two months after it was damaged in a drone strike, clearing the berth for a return to service.
US Navy Declines To Raise Sunken Fishing Vessel Lily Jean
The United States Navy has declined a request to salvage a fishing vessel that sank off Gloucester in January and to recover the remains of six crew believed still aboard.
MSC Boxship Partially Sinks At Zhoushan Repair Berth
The MSC Silvana VIII has partially sunk alongside a repair yard at Zhoushan after a typhoon grounding and a failed refloating, with her engine room flooded and 3,000 tonnes of fuel removed.
Collapsed crane lifted clear of boxship at Port of Tyne
A 750-tonne gantry crane that fell onto a container ship at the Port of Tyne has been lifted clear, in a ten-hour operation on 30 July using the heavy-lift sheerlegs MATADOR 3 brought in from Rotterdam.
Dutch sheerlegs joins salvage of collapsed crane at Port of Tyne
The floating sheerlegs Matador 3 has arrived at the Port of Tyne to lift a collapsed quay crane off a container ship.
Dismantling of the grounded MSC Baltic III gathers pace
Salvors have removed almost all the cargo from a container ship grounded off eastern Canada and are cutting up the wreck.
Salvors' revenue halves as wreck-removal work dries up
The marine salvage industry saw gross revenue fall by more than half last year as wreck-removal activity collapsed, a survey shows.
Salvors clear almost all cargo from wrecked MSC Baltic III
Work to remove the wrecked containership MSC Baltic III from the Newfoundland coast is nearing a milestone, with almost all cargo now cleared from the ship.
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