Salvage Operations Archives

March 13, 2023

AWARDS 2022 | Best Salvage Tug – Mwokozi II – Robert Allan Ltd & Med Marine

Written by Baird Maritime on March 13, 2023. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Salvage Operations, Work Boat World Features.

Best Salvage Tug – Mwokozi II – Robert Allan Ltd & Med Marine A big, powerful, seaworthy and very versatile tug designed and built for operations in a comparative ..

February 28, 2023

Salvors to raise trawler that sank following deadly collision off Jersey

Written by Baird Maritime on February 28, 2023. Posted in Ro-Ro World, Salvage Operations, Trawling World.

The wreckage of the trawler L’Ecume II, which sank in Jersey waters on December 8, 2022 following a collision with a commercial cargo vessel, is to be raised for eviden ..

February 16, 2023

OBITUARY | Keith Rusby, former chief salvage officer of Groupe Ocean

Written by Alan Loynd on February 16, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Salvage Operations, Work Boat World Features.

Many readers will be saddened to hear that Keith Rusby passed away in January at the age of 95. Keith was born in South Australia and lied about his age to go to sea when ..

March 9, 2023

Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | March 9 – Deliveries to Australia and Trinidad, ammonia-fuelled concept and more

Written by Baird Maritime on March 9, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Inland Tug Operations, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

New tugs have been delivered to operators in Trinidad and Tobago and Western Australia. An American barge handling company places an order for a new pusher tug while cons ..

February 21, 2023

36 people rescued after tour boat capsizes off southern Portugal

Written by Baird Maritime on February 21, 2023. Posted in Maritime Tourism, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

The National Maritime Authority of Portugal (Autoridade Maritima Nacional; AMN) has reported that local partner agencies have successfully rescued all 36 passengers and c ..

February 13, 2023

Boluda expands towage business with Smit Lamnalco acquisition

Written by Baird Maritime on February 13, 2023. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Salvage Operations.

Spanish marine services company Boluda Corporacion Maritima, through its Boluda Towage division, has entered into an agreement to acquire Netherlands-based towage operato ..

March 6, 2023

VESSEL REVIEW | Zhongguo Yingji Chongqing Hao – Large salvage and rescue vessel for China’s inland waters

Written by Baird Maritime on March 6, 2023. Posted in Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Chinese emergency response organisation Chongqing Changhang Rescue and Salvage Engineering has taken delivery of a new salvage and rescue vessel optimised for inland wate ..

February 20, 2023

COLUMN | Pointless? BP, Equinor and Net Zero; Vestas and a huge loss; Capricorn and NewMed split; Isabel dos Santos enjoys luxurious impunity; Yemen’s rial rises, even as Safer corrodes! [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 20, 2023. Posted in Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Salvage Operations, Work Boat World Features.

Last month, Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi topped the UK charts with his excellent ballad Pointless. “Everything is pointless without you,” the Brit-award winning arti ..

January 11, 2023

Japanese warship disabled after allegedly hitting rock during sea trials

Written by Baird Maritime on January 11, 2023. Posted in Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Salvage Operations, Ships (Naval).

Japanese media reports that a warship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) suffered damage preventing it from sailing under its own power after it allegedly s ..