Salvage

VESSELS

VESSELS

Bureau Veritas has marked the delivery of Southeast Asia’s first fully electric tug, advancing marine electrification and regional decarbonisation efforts in the region.

19th March 2026

Electric tug marks Southeast Asia first

19th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new industry guide on the use of tugs in firefighting has been launched to strengthen marine safety and emergency response protocols.

8th May 2025

Strengthened protocols for firefighting tugs

8th May 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The International Salvage Union’s (ISU) annual pollution prevention survey again demonstrates the vital role of professional salvors in protecting the marine environment and the importance of a sustainable salvage industry.

27th March 2025

The importance of a sustainable salvage industry

27th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Fugro says that its geophysical survey vessel Fugro Mercator ran aground on 22 March off the north coast of Elba, Italy.

24th March 2025

Fugro Mercator survey vessel runs aground

24th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The latest fully-electric ElectRA Series tug built by SANMAR for SAAM Towage has successfully completed sea trials.

17th March 2025

Sea trials for third SAAM electric tugboat

17th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine battery pioneer AYK Energy has secured a landmark deal to supply the 6MWh battery powering the world’s first battery-methanol tug, helping set a new standard for alternative fuel powered port vessels.

12th March 2025

Battery-methanol powered tug power supply deal

12th March 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The ability to handle an incident involving a mega container ship off Europe’s congested coastline was debated at Seatrade Maritime’s annual Salvage & Wreck Conference in London last week.

19th December 2024

Salvaging container ships in European waters

19th December 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Svitzer has contracted Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong to construct four TRAnsverse tugs, expected to be delivered by the end of 2026.

11th December 2024

Svitzer continues to decarbonise its towing fleet

11th December 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ClassNK has awarded its first-ever Additional Fire-Fighting measures for Vehicle Carrier (AFVC) notation to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ LNG-fueled car carrier, Cerulean Ace.

3rd September 2024

ClassNK’s first safety notation for EV transportation

3rd September 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

The long-established expertise of the Dutch salvage industry has been demonstrated recently with two of the Netherlands leading contractors reporting diverse operations close to and not so close to their home bases.

23rd July 2024

Salvors step in to save groundings, sinkings and fires

23rd July 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A salvage operation is underway at an Australian port to salvage two wrecked tugs which sank in January.

8th August 2022

Australian tug salvage operation

8th August 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boskalis has published a book describing the efforts of subsidiary Smit Salvage with refloating the container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal.

1st February 2022

TOWLINES (February 2022)

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A sunken fishing vessel in Norway, disabled tanker in the Western Approaches and an oil spill in Chile, incidents requiring the attention of the professional salvage industry.

1st February 2022

Salvage round-up (February 2022)

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

US-based salvor Resolve Marine has recovered fuel oil from a tanker sunk by a German submarine nearly 80 years ago, 70 miles off Florida.

1st February 2022

Historic fuel removal task for Resolve

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch shipbuilder Damen has teamed up with Force Technology to develop a simulator for one of its popular tug designs at simulator centres and in the Cloud environment.

1st February 2022

Damen introduces ASD 2312 tug simulator

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boluda Towage and GEG (Holdings) Ltd have agreed a deal where the former will acquire Caledonian’s towage activities and its employees based at Invergordon, Scotland.

1st February 2022

Boluda acquires Caledonian Towage Ltd

1st February 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

An operation from last year reported recently by Tsavliris Salvage underlines the complexity of such incidents requiring the skill and resources only professional salvors can provide.

6th January 2022

Complex salvage operation for Tsavliris

6th January 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) has appointed Captain Nicholas Sloane as its new president with James Herbert selected as next secretary general.

6th January 2022

New president for International Salvage Union

6th January 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In another step in its divesting of harbour towage activities Boskalis has signed an agreement for the sale of its towage interests in Singapore and Malaysia to Rimorchiatori Mediterranei S.p.A.

4th January 2022

Boskalis sells KST and Maju Maritime

4th January 2022

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage along with Mammoet Salvage have completed the complex wreck removal of a sunken car carrier that was presenting environmental and navigation risks to Europe’s largest port.

1st January 2016

Smit and Mammoet complete wreck removal

1st January 2016