VIDEO: X-Press Pearl sinks at stern
A virtually new containership that has been on fire off Sri Lanka since May 20 partially sank today, just as salvage efforts were seeming to show some progress. As we reported earlier,
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VIDEO: Fire ravages 2021-built containership
Dramatic footage released by the Sri Lanka air force yesterday shows flames and smoke continuing to erupt from a virtually brand new 2,700 TEU containership despite firefighting efforts that have been continuing
VIDEO: Containership reports engineroom fire
A 4,888 TEU NYK Line containership was under tow Sunday after a Unified Command consisting of the Coast Guard, California and Resolve Marine responded following a report of an engineroom fire. The
VIDEO: Golden Ray: After the fire, the questions
The fire that broke out inside the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray on Friday (see earlier story) had been successfully extinguished by early that evening, according to the unified
VIDEO: Fire breaks out on Golden Ray wreck
Coast Guard and Unified Command personnel were this afternoon trying to suppress a fire that broke out within the remaining portion of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray, which
A Q&A with International Salvage Union President Richard Janssen
Though spectacular salvage and wreck removal projects continue to hit the headlines, the ocean salvage industry continues to face pressures that has seen some major players leave the market in recent years.
NTSB reports on towboat fire
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on incident in which a 1963-built towboat sustained an estimated $1,350,000 of damage after an engineroom fire broke out. On October 8, 2019,
Conception captain indicted on seaman’s manslaughter charges
The captain of the Conception, the dive boat that caught fire last year with the loss of 34 lives, was yesterday indicted by a federal grand jury on 34 counts of seaman’s
Navy will not repair fire-gutted USS Bonhomme Richard
The U.S. Navy is to decommission USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship gutted by a fire that broke out July 6 while the ship was undergoing maintenance in
Deadly dive boat fire: NTSB seeks major small passenger boat safety improvements
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday, October 20, called for major safety improvements to small passenger vessels after its investigation of a 2019 California dive boat fire that killed 34