Riverboat with two towboats

Efforts to unground riverboat set to begin

The Lake Barkley Grounding Unified Command is scheduled to begin salvage operations tomorrow, June 16, to unground the riverboat, American Jazz. The riverboat has been stuck on a sandbar near Barkley Bridge

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,

Golden Ray response team leaders

Golden Ray: Cutting equipment good to go, but will lugs hold?

As they continue to assess the impact of the fire that broke out within the Golden Ray wreck on May 14, responders say the equipment being used to cut up and remove

USCG: NYK Delphinus docks in Oakland

The U.S. Coast Guard 11th District reports that a Unified Command has coordinated the safe transfer of the NYK Delphinus to the Port of Oakland. As we reported earlier, the 4,888 TEU,

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

SEACOR Eagle lift boat near capsized SEACOR PowerOR Eagle

SEACOR Power: Salvage ops begin

Salvage operations on the capsized lift boat SEACOR Power have gotten underway. Among the assets deployed is another SEACOR lift boat, the SEACOR Eagle. It is staged with gear near capsized vessel

Deep groove between sections of wreck

Golden Ray: Section seven separated from wreck

The St. Simons Sound Response team reports that cutting operations to separate Section Seven of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray concluded earlier today (April 24). Wreck removal personnel

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.

TTB: How has COVID changed salvage response to the tug, towboat and barge industry?

Despite COVID-19, casualties have continued, regulatory changes have persisted, and salvage and marine firefighting providers are expected to meet response standards despite travel restrictions and social distancing requirements. Although the pandemic hasn’t

VIDEO: Golden Ray responders remove another section of wreck

Before the car carrier Golden Ray capsized in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on September 8, 2019, it was 200 meters (669 feet) long. As responders continue to dismantle it, the remaining portion

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