Salvors report steel cutting on board the 'Rena' continued with very good progress made during the current stable weather window.Salvage (Resolve Marine) • An additional 70 tonnes has been removed from the forward section using the Bell 214 helicopter…
The recent dispute between Odyssey Marine Exploration and the Kingdom of Spain over the treasure and artifacts Odyssey recovered from the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes has recently been given considerable coverage in the popular press as well as in the maritime press…
The casualty is under tow towards British territorial waters & permission to enter, thence transit towards German port of Wilhelmshaven.MSC FLAMINIA and its accompanying tug boats FAIRMOUNT EXPEDITION (Fairmount Marine) and ANGLIAN SOVEREIGN (L…
A court hearing into charges faced by the company that owns the wrecked container ship Rena has been adjourned again.Daina Shipping had been due to appear in the Tauranga District Court today, but the hearing has been adjourned to 5, October (the anniversary of the grounding of the ship)…
UK & France maritime safety authorities to send team of experts to inspect German-flagged 'MSC Flaminia' prior to English Channel transit.Background:A fire and subsequent explosion on July 14, 2012, occurred during MSC FLAMINIA’s passage…
Cutting & removing sections of 202-ft freighter 'Jireh' continue in preparation for final removal of vessel from Mona Island, Puerto Rico.The Jireh ran aground on Mona Island June 21, 2012 with 84 passengers and crew. Investigators have…
The Coast Guard, National Park Service, and Good Samaritans assisted 76 people from a sightseeing vessel taking on water in Glacier Bay, Sunday. The Coast Guard, the National Park Service, and the Holland America cruise ship Volendam responded…
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship 'R/V Falkor' locates the wreck of historic exploration ship off the coast of Greenland.During routine functional performance testing of the mutibeam mapping echosounders on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor…
Todd Busch: SVP and General Manager, Technical Services at Crowley Maritime Corporation. Todd Busch joined Crowley as an ordinary seaman in 1986, earning his masters’ license working aboard company tugboats before coming ashore in 1994 as a tug dispatcher…
The first steel fore sections cut & removed from 'Rena', with the Bell 214 heavy-lift helicopter completing 14 separate lifts to the barge Kapua.Salvage (Resolve Marine) • The barge made its first landing in Tauranga with an estimated 40 tonnes of steel…
There is still no permission for MSC FLAMINIA to enter a sheltered area or a subsequent emergency port says the ship manager's update.Reederei NSB and the salvage company both remain in contact with all littoral states to acquire this permission…
US Coast Guard responds to grounding of 1000-ft long freighter hard aground in downbound channel of St. Mary's River. The vessel is carrying approximately 62,000 tons of coal. The motor vessel Paul R. Tregurtha, owned by Interlake Shipping Company of Ohio…
Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. report their progress on work on 'SS Gairsoppa' & 'HMS Victory'.The chartered vessel working on the SS Gairsoppa project, the Seabed Worker, will make a scheduled port call in Cork, Ireland, beginning August 15…
Ship operator's latest report says fire remains under control although hotspots still exist.The ship's geographical situation remains unchanged, some 200 miles off the nearest land.Helmut Ponath, CEO of Reederei NSB comments: “I consider…
US salvage company Resolve has taken over the salvage contract of the wreck on the Astrolabe Reef, New Zealand.The salvors have started cutting up internal sections of the bow of the container ship which ran on to the Astrolabe reef off Tauranga…
