Incident response and environmental clean-up specialist Braemar Howells and its sister company Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) are to work together to provide a 24-hour global response capability to the world’s shipping and marine insurance sectors…
Grande Mariner was Stranded on Canal System During 2011 Flooding.The M/V Grande Mariner, a 96-passenger cruise ship that was stranded for more than two months because of flooding in 2011, today returned to the Erie Canal for a new season of cruising America's most storied waterway…
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) provided assistance to a drifting bulk carrier in the Coral Sea before tugs arrivedThe Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier, ID Integrity advised AMSA’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) that…
Russian cruiser sealed off from the sea to allow final demolition An excavation pier around the Russian warship Murmansk that took three years to build has now been sealed, and within weeks the contractor will start the final phase of demolishing the old battleship…
Coastguard monitors safety aspects as MSC hire Donjon-Smit to make a salvage assessment of fire-damaged 'MSC Idil' off the Puerto Rico coastThe coastguard reports as follows:The 900-foot container ship suffered an explosion onboard late Friday afternoon…
Donjon Marine Refloats car ferry GOV. HERBERT H. LEHMAN. After a competitive bidding process, in late March 2012 Donjon Marine was awarded a job to refloat the 277-foot Ex-Staten Island, NY car ferry Gov. Herbert H. Lehman. The vessel sank in the Hudson River while in layup in Newburg…
Braemar Technical Services (Incorporating The Salvage Association) announced the appointment of Graeme Temple to the role of Regional Director for its Far East region. Graeme will take responsibility for strengthening the company’s surveyor…
Gujarat government's plan to upgrade the Alang Ship Recycling Yard opposed by the operators The Japan-backed ambitious $22-million plan of the Gujarat government to upgrade the Alang Ship Recycling Yard, which is the largest in Asia, has…
Odyssey Marine Exploration soon to begin three high-value marine recovery projects, receives US$ 8 million investmentOdyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. deep-ocean shipwreck explorers, announce it has delivered an additional closing notice…
Donjon Marine, Co., Inc., a provider of multi-faceted marine services including marine salvage, heavy lift, dredging, emergency response services and most recently shipbuilding and repair, has named John Noble as Managing Director - Donjon UK…
Costa Concordia wreck removal – environmental issues & regional economic impacts among top concerns says Resolve CEOJoseph Farrell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Resolve Marine Group, Inc., among the world's foremost maritime emergency and disaster response…
Tender for removal of Costa Concordia by Titan Salvage, Micoperi, acceptedCosta Crociere and the Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner's Office announced that the tender for the removal of the ship from Giglio Island has been awarded to Titan Salvage in partnership with the Italian firm Micoperi…
Owners of wrecked 'Rena' held accountable by Maritime New Zealand, bulkhead down, wreck disintegratingMaritime New Zealand (MNZ) has charged the owner of the cargo vessel Rena, following the ship's grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on 5 October…
Cargo ship 'MV Carrier' stranded on North Wales coast declared a 'constructive total loss', to be scrappedThe MV Carrier will be cut into manageable sections on the shore at Llanddulas, near Colwyn Bay, and sent to a scrap yard by road, according to a BBC news report…
Maritime New Zealand Authority updates wrecked container ship condition in storm conditions Salvors report the aft section of the wreck being subject to rolling movement in rough seas, with waves of 8-10m hitting the vessel. It is…