Tugs & Salvage News
Fire on Bulker Temporarily Suspends Traffic on the Dardanelles
Turkey’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety reported that traffic on the strategic Dardanelles Strait was tempo...
Read More >>First Large Commercial Ships Clear Baltimore After 33 Days in Port
The first larger commercial ships cleared Baltimore harbor using the temporary channel this morning. Two hours after the...
Read More >>Two Dead, Six Injured in First Quarter at S. Asian Shipbreaking Yards
Shipbreaking remains dirty and dangerous work, particularly in South Asia, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform reminded the in...
Read More >>NTSB: One Check Valve May Not Be Enough to Keep Your Vessel Afloat
An open overboard shutoff valve and a failed check valve led to the sinking of a laid-up towboat at a yard in New Orleans last yea...
Read More >>Baltimore Alleges Negligence, Maintenance, and Crew Issues in Legal Filing
The City of Baltimore intensified the legal battles that are just starting over the Dali destroying the Francis Scott Ke...
Read More >>Video: Suez Canal Responds to Distress Call from Listing Vessel
[Brief] The Suez Canal Authority is reporting that it responded to a distress call from a small cargo ship that was wait...
Read More >>1,000-Tonne Claw Arrives to Clear Baltimore Ship Channel
Efforts to clear the wreckage of the Key Bridge out of Baltimore's ship channel took a big step forward Monday with the arriva...
Read More >>Video: Italian Coast Guard Monitoring After Vessels Collide off Sicily
The Italian Coast Guard is responding to a collision between two ships off the eastern coast of Sicily. Both vessels suf...
Read More >>Opportunities and Challenges for Transpacific "Green Corridor"
A year after the ports of Singapore, Los Angeles, and Long Beach committed to setting up a green corridor along the...
Read More >>Stress Is Not Always a Bad Thing - Until It Is
Editor's note: This essay was originally published in 2021, but it has new relevance given the number of U...
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