salvage

A magnetic patch made by Miko Marine AS of Norway has been used to seal a leak in the hull of the nuclear waste freighter Puma. The Danish-flagged ship

Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook (MAC) points us to the following press release from BMT Group, explaining a “revolutionary new system”

Back in June gCaptain reported on James Cameron’s offer to dive the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon but, despite three official requests for information,

While many engineers are focusing on ways to plug the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, some are still focussing on raising critical parts of the sunken Deepwater

This week’s incident photo is of the M/V Laurel, a 26,800-deadweight-ton bulk carrier, which was in a dry dock undergoing routine maintenance in

TITAN Salvage has added a new highlight to their resume – horse rescue experts. The team recently extracted seven prized horses, 260 tons of heavy fuel

The two and a half year salvage operation to remove the wreckage of the MSC Napoli has officially been declared over.  The vessesl was intentionally beached

We first met Hydraulic Marine Systems during our coverage of the International Workboat Show in December and, like the rest of the trade show participants,

Here at gCaptain, we love a good television program that offers viewers an inside look into the realities of life in the maritme world.  We are hoping that

Image Courtesy: CargoLaw.com Work is underway on the salvage operations of the M/V Fedra, the cargo ship that literally broke in two after being pinned against

We don’t generally post press releases on the blog here, but we have been so fascinated by some of Wärtsilä’s previous work that we thought

We don’t have the full details on how this yacht found its way to the beach but the photos do a great job in describing the yacht salvage

You have all done well on the previous quizes so here’s a challenge. What’s featured in the picture above? UPDATE: Ignacio-Wenley Palacios

Accident investigators have identified 12 other ships that could suffer the same failure as the container ship Napoli which was beached off

Editor’s Note: Looking for information on the Baltic Ace tragedy? Catch gCaptain’s full coverage HERE or read, Are RoRo’s Safe?, for more

With over nine years of planning completed Texas A&M‘s training ship the Texas Clipper was prepared to start her new life as an artificial reef.

Today Fred Fry linked to an interesting post containing photos, video and the stories behind some of the world’s largest iron graveyards. One of the more

After pouring over the media reports and available facts I’ve decided the story can best be said by our resident maritime experts, gCaptian’s r.