Spirit of Norfolk

Passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk “still smoldering”

The Spirit of Norfolk cruise yacht was reported a “still smoldering” this morning, two days after an incident that began when the City of Norfolk, Va., received a 911 call at 12.06

Electrical fire destroys $3.9 million yacht

A March 26, 2021, engine room fire aboard a 100-foot, 216-gross ton yacht was likely caused by an electric source within the sound enclosure for the starboard generators, the National Transportation Safety

Felicity Ace prior to sinking

Felicity Ace sinks

MOL Ship Management (Singapore) reported today that the car carrier Felicity Ace sank at around 9 a.m. local time, some 200 nautical miles off the Azores. The vessel had been in trouble

NTSB report report implicates bank effect

Faulty insulation cause of fire aboard 52-year-old fishing vessel

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a report on its investigation of the December 10, 2020, fire aboard the 1968-built fishing vessel Lucky Angel off the coast of Mississippi. The

Burned out shell of containership seen from air

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,

Blazing containership with firefighting tug

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

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.

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