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Mike Schuler
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Salvage Industry Showed Signs of Recovery in 2024
The International Salvage Union (ISU) has released its annual statistics for 2024, revealing a modest recovery in the salvage industry compared to past years with gross revenue for ISU members...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
NTSB Finds Captain’s Navigation Error Led to Ohio River Grounding
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that a towing vessel grounded on a submerged jetty in the Ohio River last year after the captain navigated too close to...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Car Carrier Morning Midas Sinks in North Pacific After Three-Week Fire Battle
The car carrier Morning Midas has sunk in international waters of the North Pacific, nearly three weeks after a fire broke out on board, according to salvage operator Resolve Marine. The vessel...

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Reuters
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Tech Tycoon Lynch’s Doomed Bayesian yacht Lifted To Surface
By Roberto Mignucci PORTICELLO, Italy, June 21 (Reuters) – Salvage experts lifted Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht to the surface and began pumping seawater out of it on Saturday, 10 months after it sank off the coast...

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Reuters
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Salvors Raise Mike Lynch’s Sunken Superyacht in Italy
Salvage experts winched Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht towards the surface on Friday, 10 months after it went down off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech tycoon, his teenage daughter and five others.

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Maritime NZ Files Charges Against KiwiRail Following Cook Strait Ferry Grounding
Maritime NZ has filed two charges against KiwiRail under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 following a comprehensive investigation into the June 2024 grounding of the Interislander roll-on/roll-off...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
India Files Criminal Charges Over Deadly Containership Explosion
Indian authorities have launched criminal case against the owner, master, and crew of the Singapore-flagged container vessel Wan Hai 503 following a major fire and explosion incident that left four...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Navigation Error Suspected in VLCC-Suezmax Crash Off Fujairah Amid Rising Gulf Tensions
A VLCC supertanker and a Suezmax tanker collided in the Gulf of Oman early Tuesday morning, resulting in fires aboard both vessels but no reported injuries or pollution, according to...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Fire-Damaged Car Carrier Morning Midas Shows No Signs of Active Fire
The car carrier Morning Midas, which experienced a fire in its electric vehicle cargo deck on June 3, shows no signs of active fire according to salvage teams that recently...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
North Korea Restores Damaged Warship, Plans Two More Next Year
North Korea said it successfully refloated a 5,000-ton destroyer that suffered damage in a botched launch attempt last month that left it foundering in shallow water, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to build two more vessels of the same class next year as part of his efforts to boost the country’s naval capabilities.

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Legal Action Initiated Against MSC Elsa 3 Owner and Crew Following Kerala Sinking
Indian authorities have launched a criminal case against the owner, master, and crew members of the containership MSC Elsa 3, which sank off the coast of Kochi, India, last month....

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Fire-Stricken Wan Hai 503 Continues to Drift Off Indian Coast as Salvage Efforts Intensify
The Singapore-flagged container vessel MV Wan Hai 503 remains adrift approximately 42 nautical miles off Beypore, Kerala, carrying 2,128 MT of fuel and hazardous cargo, posing an ongoing environmental risk....