'MSC Flaminia', fire still smouldering in No. 7 hold, boarded again after foul weather in UK Western Approaches.The ship managers report as follows:Thanks to improving weather conditions, a team of firefighting experts is able to board MSC FLAMINIA and continue the salvaging efforts today…
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) liases with US salvors Resolve, meanwhile Braemar continues clean up work.With sea conditions remaining too rough for marine operations, Braemar Howells clean up teams have been hard at work tackling the fresh debris…
Bad weather, a still smouldering hold, cause the tow to pull back out of the 200-mile zone.The team of firefighting experts is unable to go onboard MSC FLAMINIA due to bad weather conditions, and In the coming days a further deterioration of the weather is predicted…
Fire-fighting experts are onboard to inspect the situation, while towage ceases as vessel waits 100 miles off the British coastA team of firefighting experts has again boarded MSC FLAMINIA. It is as yet unsure when a one-by-one inspection of containers can commence…
'MSC Flamlinia' under tow, listing 11 degrees, heads for UK coastal water at 4 knots.The ship operators give the following update:MSC FLAMINIA and its accompanying group of tugs is currently located 170 nautical miles off the coast of the UK and progresses at a speed of four knots…
Underwater Archaeologists dig deep for iconic privateer Captain Henry Morgan's lost Caribbean fleet, find various artefacts For the third year in a row, with the help of the Captain Morgan brand, a team of leading U.S. archaeologists returned…
The Braemar recovery team recovered 167 tonnes of butterfat from the wrecked containership 'Rena' – now repackaged for recycling into biodiesel fuel. Braemar Operations Manager Neil Lloyd says that over the course of the project, some large quantities of cargo have been recycled…
The stricken container ship remains on fire, but is now on tow towards Europe from its mid-Atlantic positionThe owners inform that firefighting tugboat Fairmount Expedition owned by Fairmount Marine has begun to tow MSC Flaminia towards Europe…
Fire fighting, salvage operations, continue on the abandoned container ship mid-Atlantic after last week's cargo explosion Three tugboats with fire-fighting ability are on the scene.After the arrival of the second firefighting tugboat, Anglian Sovereign…
Sea Tow Reports Increased Boating Activity and Calls for Assistance Midway Through July 4th Holiday Week. Incidents Underscore the Need to Follow Commonsense Boating Safety Guidelines. The extended July 4th holiday has been one of the busiest…
Following weeks of preparation and more than seven days of intensive, round-the-clock operations, RESOLVE Salvage & Fire, (ASIA) Pte Ltd. announced that more than 1000 MT of volatile LPG 1- Butene have been removed from the stranded and wrecked freighter LPG OBERON in the Taiwan Strait…
All containers recovered, owners & insurers invite tenders for the wreck removal operationIn its latest update, statutory authority Maritime New Zealand reports as follows Salvage activity this week has focused on the demobilising of equipment after the joint venture salvage partners…
Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. successfully rigged and refloated the sunken 140-foot fishing vessel. The abandoned and derelict fishing vessel Deep Sea, while at anchor in Penn Cove, WA, caught fire and sank in 60 feet of water. The U.S.…
A large floating dock unit, a victim of last years Japan tsunami has washed up on Agate Beach, Oregon, USAEPA/Oregon Parks and Recreation Department informs AFP that the Japanese consulate has confirmed the large dock, which measures 7 feet tall (2…
Odyssey Marine Exploration announce 'M/V Seabed Worke'r has sailed on mission to recover the anticipated silver cargoes from the SS Gairsoppa and SS Mantola shipwrecksHistorical records indicate the Gairsoppa was carrying up to seven million…
