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Salvage Industry Showed Signs of Recovery in 2024
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June 26, 2025
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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...
NTSB Finds Captain’s Navigation Error Led to Ohio River Grounding
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June 25, 2025
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Mike Schuler
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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...
Car Carrier Morning Midas Sinks in North Pacific After Three-Week Fire Battle
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June 24, 2025
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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...
Tech Tycoon Lynch’s Doomed Bayesian yacht Lifted To Surface
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June 21, 2025
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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...
Salvors Raise Mike Lynch’s Sunken Superyacht in Italy
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June 20, 2025
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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.
Maritime NZ Files Charges Against KiwiRail Following Cook Strait Ferry Grounding
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June 19, 2025
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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...
India Files Criminal Charges Over Deadly Containership Explosion
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June 18, 2025
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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...
Navigation Error Suspected in VLCC-Suezmax Crash Off Fujairah Amid Rising Gulf Tensions
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June 17, 2025
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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...
Fire-Damaged Car Carrier Morning Midas Shows No Signs of Active Fire
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June 16, 2025
From 
Mike Schuler
 via 
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...
North Korea Restores Damaged Warship, Plans Two More Next Year
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June 13, 2025
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Bloomberg
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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.
Legal Action Initiated Against MSC Elsa 3 Owner and Crew Following Kerala Sinking
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June 11, 2025
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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....
Fire-Stricken Wan Hai 503 Continues to Drift Off Indian Coast as Salvage Efforts Intensify
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June 11, 2025
From 
Mike Schuler
 via 
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....