Smoke comes out of ventilation ducts

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

Multiplle vessels spray wateer on Golden Ray wreck following fire

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

Smoke billowing fom Golden Ray wreck

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

Richard Janssen

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 sees complacency in barge strike on Natchez-Vidalia Bridge

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

Fireboats fight Bonhomme Richard fire

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

NTSB issues preliminary report on deadly Corpus Christi dredge fire

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the August 21 incident in which the 152-foot-long cutter-head suction dredge Waymon L. Boyd caught fire and four crew members died.

Fireboats fight Bonhomme Richard fire

Was Bonhomme Richard fire the result of arson?

According to multiple media reports citing unnamed Navy officials, a sailor is being investigated in relation to possible arson in the fire that severely damaged the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard in July. Both

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