Salvage Operations

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
Shengli 295
Standby/Emergency Vessels

VESSEL REVIEW | Shengli 295 – Offshore guard/supply vessel to support operations at Chinese oil field

Baird Maritime
The Russian Navy icebreaking tug Kapitan Ushakov at a shipyard in Saint Petersburg, June 19, 2025
Salvage

Russian shipyard urged to settle damages over tug capsizing incident

Gareth Havelock
Personnel from the various naval participants in Exercise Sea Breeze 26-2
Naval Ships

NATO navies launch Exercise Sea Breeze in UK

Will Xavier
The collapsed crane near Pier G at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, July 11, 2026
Accidents

US Coast Guard responds to crane collapse in Charleston, South Carolina

Will Xavier
Chief Warrant Officer Beth Slade, commanding officer National Motor Life Boat School, welds her initials onto the keel of the US Coast Guard's first special purpose craft – heavy weather II during a keel laying authentication, in Mount Vernon, Washington, July 8, 2026.
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard authenticates keel of future heavy-weather response boat

Will Xavier
Tabor, a Project NE025 emergency response tug of the Russian Marine Rescue Service
Harbour Tugs and Operation

Russian Marine Rescue Service inaugurates new emergency response tug

Jens Karsten
Multraship Protector, an emergency towing vessel operated under contract with the Netherlands Coastguard (representative photo only)
Salvage

Dutch waterway authority launches development program for emergency towing vessels

Gareth Havelock
The Russian Navy icebreaking tug Kapitan Ushakov at a shipyard in Saint Petersburg, June 19, 2025
Salvage

Salvage begins on sunken Russian tug Kapitan Ushakov

Gareth Havelock
The dive yacht Philippine Siren 2 shortly after she ran aground near Tubbataha Reef National Park in Palawan province in the western Philippines, June 14, 2026
Salvage

Philippine dive yacht refloated following grounding

Will Xavier
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