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Friday, January 29, 2016
Salvage Team Boards Modern Express in Bay of Biscay – UPDATE
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Salvage Team Boards Modern Express in Bay of Biscay – UPDATE

Update: The salvage team has abandoned the Modern Express for the night after an attempt to establish a tow line was unsuccessful, Maritime Prefect

January 29, 2016
Total Views: 281

Thursday, January 28, 2016
Weather Prevents Salvors from Boarding Listing Car Carrier
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Weather Prevents Salvors from Boarding Listing Car Carrier

For Latest Updates: Modern Express Adrift in Bay of Biscay Thursday: The Panamanian-flagged car carrier Modern Express continues to drift eastward in the Bay

January 28, 2016
Total Views: 75

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
bulk carrier Los Llanitos aground
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Stranded Bulk Carrier ‘Los Llanitos’ to Be Dismantled Along Rocky Mexican Coast

The Mexican government is hoping to dismantle the bulk carrier Los Llanitos in the same spot at which it ran aground in October during Hurricane Patricia. The

January 27, 2016
Total Views: 409

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
VIDEO: Baltic Ace Wreck Cut Up and Removed from North Sea
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VIDEO: Baltic Ace Wreck Cut Up and Removed from North Sea

On December 5, 2012, the car carrier Baltic Ace sank in the North Sea with more than 1,400 cars on board after a colliding with a containership near the

January 20, 2016
Total Views: 228

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Marine Salvage Legend Rich Habib Killed in Snowboarding Accident
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Marine Salvage Legend Rich Habib Killed in Snowboarding Accident

A marine salvage legend well known for his role in raising the Costa Concordia has past away following a freak snowboarding accident in Utah. gCaptain has

January 19, 2016
Total Views: 3566

Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Sunken Towboat Restricting Traffic on Mississippi River Near Memphis
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Sunken Towboat Restricting Traffic on Mississippi River Near Memphis

A section of the Mississippi River is restricted to one-way vessel traffic near Memphis as the Coast Guard and response crews work to salvage a towboat

December 16, 2015
Total Views: 72

Monday, November 30, 2015
Debunkering of Sunken Trawler Oleg Naydenov Complete Off Canary Islands
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Debunkering of Sunken Trawler Oleg Naydenov Complete Off Canary Islands

Spain’s sea search and rescue organization, Salvamento Marítimo, says the debunkering of the Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov that sunk in April has been

November 30, 2015
Total Views: 149

Monday, November 16, 2015
bulk carrier Los Llanitos aground
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First Oil Pumped from Stranded Bulk Carrier in Mexico

The first oil has been pumped from a Mexican bulk carrier that has been stranded along Mexico’s rocky Pacific coastline since late October when it ran

November 16, 2015
Total Views: 54

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Oil Removed from Wrecked ‘Flinterstar’ Off Belgium
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Oil Removed from Wrecked ‘Flinterstar’ Off Belgium

  Dutch shipowner Flinter announced Wednesday that all remaining heavy fuel oil has been successfully removed from the wreck of the MV

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 66

Wrecked Bulk Carrier to be Scuttled Off Mexico
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Wrecked Bulk Carrier to be Scuttled Off Mexico

  A 223-meter bulk carrier will need to be scuttled after suffering catastrophic damage from its grounding along a remote stretch of coast in Mexico

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 82

Monday, October 19, 2015
U.S. Navy Tug to Begin Search for Sunken El Faro Near the Bahamas
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U.S. Navy Tug to Begin Search for Sunken El Faro Near the Bahamas

  A search and salvage team from the U.S. Navy is expected to kick off its search for the American cargo ship El Faro this week which is

October 19, 2015
Total Views: 116

Thursday, October 15, 2015
Bad Weather Hampers ‘Flinterstar’ Salvage Off Belgium
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Bad Weather Hampers ‘Flinterstar’ Salvage Off Belgium

  Oil removal operations from the wrecked Flinterstar off the coast of Belgium were halted for a third straight day Thursday due to weather.

October 15, 2015
Total Views: 139

Friday, October 9, 2015
MV Flinterstar A Total Loss Off Belgium
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MV Flinterstar A Total Loss Off Belgium

  Salvage of the partially sunken MV Flinterstar following a collision with an LNG carrier earlier this week off the coast of Belgium kicks into high gear

October 9, 2015
Total Views: 484

Monday, September 28, 2015
Bulk Ship Refloated Off Sweden
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Bulk Ship Refloated Off Sweden

  The Liberian-flagged MV Victoria was refloated Sunday after spending more than one week hard aground on a shoal off Sweden. The 46,000 DWT Victoria was

September 28, 2015
Total Views: 22

Friday, September 25, 2015
‘Victoria’ Salvage Continues Off Sweden
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‘Victoria’ Salvage Continues Off Sweden

  Salvors have removed a total of 977,000 liters of heavy oil from the tanks of the grounded MV Victoria off Sweden, but the effort to refloat the vessel

September 25, 2015
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Grounded Bulk Carrier Could Be Stuck for Days Off Sweden
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Grounded Bulk Carrier Could Be Stuck for Days Off Sweden

  The Swedish Coast Guard and a commercial salvage crew are continuing to respond to a bulk carrier hard aground off the west coast of Sweden in

September 22, 2015
Total Views: 80

Chilean Ferry Scuttled After 2014 Patagonia Grounding – Photos and Video
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Chilean Ferry Scuttled After 2014 Patagonia Grounding – Photos and Video

The Chile Ro-Ro ferry Amadeo I was towed out to sea and scuttled on Monday after a year-long operation to remove the vessel from the shores of a fjord

September 22, 2015
Total Views: 671

Monday, September 21, 2015
Bulk Carrier Hard Aground Off Sweden
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Bulk Carrier Hard Aground Off Sweden

A bulk carrier is stuck on a shoal off the west coast of Sweden with a 3-meter gash in its hull after running hard aground Saturday night, the Swedish

September 21, 2015
Total Views: 62

Tuesday, September 15, 2015
MV Smart Salvage Wraps Up in South Africa
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MV Smart Salvage Wraps Up in South Africa

  The salvage of the capesize coal carrier MV Smart in Richards Bay, South Arica has been completed more than two years after the ship ran aground, the

September 15, 2015
Total Views: 563

Friday, August 28, 2015
Drifting MSC Boxship Towed to Safety Off Spain – PHOTOS
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Drifting MSC Boxship Towed to Safety Off Spain – PHOTOS

A 300-meter containership that lost power off Spain on Thursday drifted to within just miles of land before a tug was able to gain control of the vessel and

August 28, 2015
Total Views: 300
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