Salvage Operations

IH Blue Marlin
Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | IH Blue Marlin – India's Industrial Handling adds ASD tug to port services fleet

Baird Maritime
MSC Baltic III
Salvage

MSC containership wreck removal in Newfoundland passes halfway point

Alan Bosworth
Salvage teams preparing one of Richard Montgomery's masts for removal
Salvage

Resolve Marine begins mast removal from sunken wreck in Thames Estuary

Gareth Havelock
Russia adds funding for Kerch Strait oil spill response
Pollution Control

Russia confirms fuel-oil pumping complete at tanker wrecks in Kerch Strait

Jens Karsten
Philippine Coast Guard personnel use a liferaft to evacuate some of the passengers from the grounded ferry Roromaster 5 off Occidental Mindoro province, September 17, 2026. The ferry ran aground 30 metres from shore while nearing Occidental Mindoro's Port of Abra de Ilog.
Accidents

Ferry runs aground off Occidental Mindoro, Philippines; all 114 passengers rescued

Gareth Havelock
Charred remains of the Philippine ferry June Aster
Accidents

Authorities complete search through interior spaces of burnt Philippine ferry

Gareth Havelock
INS Samarthak
Naval Auxiliary/Support

VESSEL REVIEW | INS Samarthak – Multi-purpose support vessel and trial platform delivered to Indian Navy

Baird Maritime
Some of the participating ships in Exercise Northern Viking 2026
Naval

US, NATO forces wrap up Exercise Northern Viking in Iceland

Will Xavier
Commissioning ceremony of INS Nipun, the Indian Navy's second Nistar-class submarine rescue ship, August 31, 2026
Search and Rescue

Indian Navy commissions new submarine rescue ship

Jens Karsten
The tug SL Sual 1 shortly before it sank off the Philippines' Zambales province during an unsuccessful salvage attempt, August 24, 2026. All 10 people who were on board the tug during the salvage operation jumped overboard and were safely rescued.
Accidents

VIDEO | Refloated tug sinks during salvage attempt off Zambales, Philippines

Jens Karsten
COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shipping

COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Boskalis dredger off Benin
Dredging

Boskalis reports profit drops in H1 2026 due to lower fleet utilisation

Jens Karsten
Philippine Coast Guard personnel board the grounded tug SL Sual 1 off Botolan municipality in the Philippines' Zambales province, August 14, 2026. The tug was deliberately run aground after her crew discovered that a hull breach had caused her engine room to become flooded with seawater.
Accidents

VIDEO | Tug runs aground off Zambales, Philippines; all nine crew rescued

Jens Karsten
Primula Seaways
Accidents

Ro-Ro vessel refloated following grounding off Dutch coast

Gareth Havelock
A Bulgarian Border Police boat evacuates some of the passengers from the river cruise ship Viking Ullur after it ran aground on the Romanian side of the Danube River, July 28, 2026.
Salvage

Cruise ship refloated following grounding on Danube River in Romania

Jens Karsten
The collapsed crane near Pier G at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, July 11, 2026
Salvage

US Coast Guard completes salvage operation following crane collapse in Charleston, South Carolina

Gareth Havelock
Security Vessel News Roundup | August 4 – Indian Navy submarine rescue ship, Spanish police interceptor and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | August 4 – Indian Navy submarine rescue ship, Spanish police interceptor and more

Baird Maritime
Delivery ceremony of the Indian Navy submarine rescue ship INS Nipun, July 30, 2026
Search and Rescue

Indian Navy takes delivery of second Nistar-class submarine rescue ship

Will Xavier
Launch ceremony for A24, the Indian Navy's newest dive support vessel built by Titagarh Rail Systems, August 1, 2026
Naval Auxiliary/Support

VIDEO | Indian Navy's newest catamaran dive support boat floated out

Will Xavier
Pilatus Marine after being refloated, July 30, 2026
Accidents

VIDEO | Cargo ship runs aground in Dardanelles off Turkey

Jens Karsten
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