Salvage Operations Archives

November 13, 2019

Dutch salvage firm to remove grounded tanker in Goa

Written by Baird Maritime on November 13, 2019. Posted in Salvage Operations, Tanker World.

The government of the Indian state of Goa is set to award a Netherlands-based salvage company a Rs 25 crore (US$3.4 million) contract for the removal of a tanker that ran ..

MEPS WEEK

November 4, 2019

GEAR | Schottel to power new Rhine salvage vessel

Written by Baird Maritime Gear Editor on November 4, 2019. Posted in Engines & Propulsion Systems, Marine Projects World, Salvage Operations.

A new diving and salvage vessel for the Duisburg waterway and shipping authority (WSA Duisburg) being built at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem will be equipped with propulsion ..

October 30, 2019

Removal of hazardous cargo begins on beached tanker in Goa

Written by Baird Maritime on October 30, 2019. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Salvage Operations, Tanker World.

Indian officials have confirmed that operations have begun to offload hazardous chemicals from a product tanker that had run aground in Goa earlier this month. The 144- ..

TUG & SALVAGE WEEK

November 12, 2019

Yantar launches first Project 23700 rescue ship

Written by Baird Maritime on November 12, 2019. Posted in Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

United Shipbuilding Corporation’s (USC) Yantar Baltic Shipbuilding Plant launched Voyevoda (“Governor”), the lead ship of the Project 23700 series of ..

November 1, 2019

Keel laid for US Navy’s first Navajo-class towing and salvage ship

Written by Baird Maritime on November 1, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

Gulf Island Fabrication laid the keel of the future USNS Navajo, the first of a new class of towing, salvage, and rescue vessels (T-ATS), on Wednesday, October 30. The ..

September 27, 2019

COLUMN | Let the good times roll [Tug Times]

Written by Alan Loynd on September 27, 2019. Posted in Fishing Boat World Features, Regulation & Enforcement, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

Some days just seem to be better than others, and today is one of them. My normal morning sources of shipping news were just full of glad tidings, and it set me up nicely ..

TUG & SALVAGE WEEK

November 10, 2019

EDITORIAL | Ever-strong tug and salvage sector continues to innovate

Written by Neil Baird on November 10, 2019. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Deck Equipment, Salvage Operations, Tug and Salvage World, Work Boat World Features.

Despite the financial and geopolitical turmoil of the past decade, the tug and salvage sector has steamed on relentlessly. New, innovative and ever more powerful and ..

October 31, 2019

Damen, Europoort lay keel of WSA Koblenz’s new diving bell ship

Written by Baird Maritime on October 31, 2019. Posted in Offshore Construction, Salvage Operations.

Damen and Europoort Construction have laid the keel for a new diving bell vessel ordered by Germany’s Fachstelle Maschinenwesen Südwest Koblenz (FMSW Koblenz) in ..

September 13, 2019

Last victim of California dive boat fire found as salvage operations end

Written by Baird Maritime on September 13, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Passenger Vessels, Maritime Tourism, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

The Sheriff’s Office of Santa Barbara County, California, has confirmed that the last missing victim of a deadly fire aboard a recreational diving vessel earlier ..