Tag: salvage operation

The general cargo vessel Xin Hai Tong 23 grounded due to engine failure while transiting the Suez Canal, as part of a northbound convoy, on its route from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Egypt.

Icelandic Coast Guard has been conducting an operation since last week to salvage the cargo ship Wilson Skaw that ran aground at Ennishöfði in Húnaflói on April 18th.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) received reports this weekend that 596 passengers and 15 crew members were aboard ferry Walla Walla, when it run aground in Rich Passage near Bainbridge Island.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Irish Coast Guard assisted the crew of a passenger vessel carrying 40 people after it ran aground on rocks on Lough Derg the past weekend.

As stated by the U.S. Coast Guard, on February 28th, recovery teams were able to retrieve Tagish, a tugboat that sank on December 28th of 2022, and was partially submerged in the National Guard Terminal in Gastineau Channel, close to Juneau, Alaska.

A fire onboard ferry Stena Europe broke out in the engine room during weekend while she was approaching Fishguard port, UK, on arrival from Rosslare Ireland. Passengers were safely disembarked and no injuries reported. 

AAL Shipping (AAL) has undertaken a salvage operation to remove two tugs from the Mersey River in Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania that had been sunk by a cement carrier in January.

IG Clubs’ Salvage Committee have launched a report which provides a review into delays in contracting and engagement of salvage services in marine casualties, finding that delays are occurring and on the increase.

MOL participated in a tabletop drill in preparation for a serious marine incident, organized by Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Marine insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) issued the Safety & Shipping Review 2022, explaining that large vessels continue to drive ever-higher exposures, with fires, container and carrier losses, hazardous cargo, costlier salvage operations and issues with port of refuge leading to oversized losses and general average becoming more frequent.