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Monday, December 9, 2013
Ship Photos of The Day – Stephen L. Colby Salvage Gets Cold(er)
Marine Salvage

Ship Photos of The Day – Stephen L. Colby Salvage Gets Cold(er)

With temperatures dropping and a fresh blanket of snow, the Stephen L. Colby sits partially submerged in the Mississippi River near LeClaire,

December 9, 2013
Total Views: 25

Monday, December 2, 2013
Stephen L. Colby Response Switches Gears on Mississippi River – Salvage Update
Marine Salvage

Stephen L. Colby Response Switches Gears on Mississippi River – Salvage Update

A Unified Command set up in response to the Stephen L. Colby towboat sinking and oil spill on the Mississippi River has shifted its operations from lightering

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 54

Monday, November 11, 2013
Heavy Weather Tests Costa Concordia Wreck Stability as Winterization Nears Completion
Interesting

Heavy Weather Tests Costa Concordia Wreck Stability as Winterization Nears Completion

The stability of the now upright Costa Concordia shipwreck was put to the test Monday as a storm packing 40 mph winds and heavy seas rolled through Isola del

November 11, 2013
Total Views: 98

Thursday, November 7, 2013
MV Siderfly Removed from Germany’s Kiel Canal – UPDATE
Marine Salvage

MV Siderfly Removed from Germany’s Kiel Canal – UPDATE

The stricken MV Siderfly has been removed from Germany's Kiel Canal after more than a week after a collision left the vessel grounded and heavily listing along

November 7, 2013
Total Views: 88

Thursday, October 31, 2013
Kiel Canal Reopens After Bulldozers Secure Half-Sunk MV Siderfly [PHOTOS]
Interesting

Kiel Canal Reopens After Bulldozers Secure Half-Sunk MV Siderfly [PHOTOS]

The Kiel Canal in Germany partially reopened Thursday after a three-day closure caused by a ship collision which left a 100-meter cargo ship on the verge of

October 31, 2013
Total Views: 126

Friday, October 11, 2013
VIDEO: Animation Shows Float-On of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard
Blog

VIDEO: Animation Shows Float-On of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard

For those of you who have never seen Dockwise Vanguard in action, and even for those of you who have, it's difficult to comprehend how the float-on is going to

October 11, 2013
Total Views: 291

Thursday, October 10, 2013
INTERVIEW: The Growth of Technology in Marine Salvage with Titan’s Captain Rich Habib
Marine Salvage

INTERVIEW: The Growth of Technology in Marine Salvage with Titan’s Captain Rich Habib

Titan Salvage's Managing Director, Captain Rich Habib, talks about emerging technology, the Costa Concordia parbuckling and keeping it old

October 10, 2013
Total Views: 263

Tuesday, October 8, 2013
MV Smart Stern Refloated and Sunk Off South Africa [PHOTOS]
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MV Smart Stern Refloated and Sunk Off South Africa [PHOTOS]

A salvage team working to remove the MV Smart shipwreck in Richards Bay, South Africa successfully refloated the stern section of the broken capesize bulk

October 8, 2013
Total Views: 563

Tuesday, September 10, 2013
USCG Oil Spill Cleanup Boom
Defense

Maritime Industry Collaborates with USCG on Major OPA 90 Training Drill

On September 17, McAllister Towing and Reinauer Transportation will be partnering with the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound and Sector New York in a

September 10, 2013
Total Views: 45

Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Heavy Fuel Oil Removed from MV Smart Wreck
Marine Salvage

Heavy Fuel Oil Removed from MV Smart Wreck

Salvors in South Africa have removed all heavy fuel oil from the capesize bulk carrier MV Smart, which ran aground and broke up on a sand bar on August 19

September 4, 2013
Total Views: 117

Wednesday, August 28, 2013
subtech mv smart salvage
Marine Salvage

SPOTD: Subtech Continues Fuel Removal from MV Smart [8 Photos]

Durban-based salvage company Subtech released the following photos of the salvage operation they are currently conducting off Richards Bay, South Africa

August 28, 2013
Total Views: 510

Monday, August 26, 2013
Salvors Begin Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart
Marine Salvage

Salvors Begin Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart

Salvors working just outside the channel at Richards Bay, South Africa have finally begun the process of pumping 1700 tons of heavy fuel from the wreck of the

August 26, 2013
Total Views: 42

Friday, August 23, 2013
M/V Smart Salvage Delayed as Heavy Duty Pumps Are Brought In
Marine Salvage

M/V Smart Salvage Delayed as Heavy Duty Pumps Are Brought In

eNCA News reports from South Africa on the on-going salvage effort involving the MV Smart, a capesize bulk carrier filled with coal which broke apart outside

August 23, 2013
Total Views: 91

Wednesday, August 21, 2013
MV SMART Salvage Kicks Into High Gear
Marine Salvage

MV SMART Salvage Kicks Into High Gear

It's been just two days since the bulk carrier MV Smart ran aground on a South African beach, but the incident is already being coined as the biggest salvage

August 21, 2013
Total Views: 135

Tuesday, August 13, 2013
kiani satu aground
Marine Salvage

Salvors Wait for High Tide and Bigger Seas to Help Free the Kiani Satu

Amateur photographer Penny Foyn from South Africa sent us this image yesterday of the grounded bulk carrier Kiani Satu taken with her Olympus OM-D E-M5.

August 13, 2013
Total Views: 44

Thursday, August 8, 2013
Bulk Carrier Kiani Satu Runs Aground Off South Africa [IMAGES]
Grounding Incidents

Bulk Carrier Kiani Satu Runs Aground Off South Africa [IMAGES]

South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has reported that as of 1002 local time, all 19 crew members from the bulk carrier Kiani Satu are

August 8, 2013
Total Views: 162

Monday, July 22, 2013
silver ingot ss gairsoppa odyssey marine exploration
Marine Salvage

WWII Shipwreck Gives Up 61 Tons of Silver 3 Miles Under Atlantic

July 22 (Bloomberg) — Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., a deep-sea salvage company, said it retrieved more than 61 tons of silver bullion this month from

July 22, 2013
Total Views: 814

Saturday, June 29, 2013
ocean breeze bulk carrier chile aground beach
Interesting

10 Months Later, M/V Ocean Breeze Finally Removed from Chilean Beach and Scuttled

In August of last year, the bulk carrier M/V Ocean Breeze found itself being absolutely pummeled by huge surf on a Chilean beach approximately 1.5 miles south

June 29, 2013
Total Views: 1736

Friday, April 26, 2013
Ship Photos of The Day: A Herculean Effort on The Illinois
News

Ship Photos of The Day: A Herculean Effort on The Illinois

Salvage operations continued Thursday near the Marseille’s Dam with the removal three more barges and two gates being brought back online.

April 26, 2013
Total Views: 122

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Inside Look: Salvaging the MV Danio from UK’s Farne Islands
Marine Salvage

Inside Look: Salvaging the MV Danio from UK’s Farne Islands

There's aground, and then there's HARD AGROUND. In the case of the M/V Danio, it was most definitely the

April 24, 2013
Total Views: 221