Salvage – Professional Mariner

04 May

Northstar Marine to add 600-ton heavy-lift derrick barge

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry NewsOffshore services, Salvage

(CLERMONT, N.J.) — Northstar Marine has announced the construction of a new heavy-lift twin boom derrick barge capable of lifts up to 600 tons. The vessel, which will be known as Northstar 600, is currently under construction and scheduled for delivery by the end of the third quarter of 2026. Northstar 600 will be built on an ABS-classed 230-by-65-foot deck…

01 May

Wreckage of WWI Coast Guard cutter discovered off U.K.

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The wreckage of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa has been located and confirmed by the British technical-diving team Gasperados. The site lies approximately 50 miles off Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom, at a depth exceeding 300 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Tampa was lost in 1918 during World War I after being torpedoed by a German submarine in…

09 Apr

Tug sinks after striking submerged object in Baltimore

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, Tugboats and towing

(BALTIMORE) — A tugboat sank after striking an object in Curtis Creek on Wednesday morning, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment and local news outlets. Baltimore City Fire Department Marine Operations received a mayday call over VHF radio from the tugboat Gale, reporting that it had struck an object and was taking on water. The Baltimore City Fireboat…

26 Mar

Ships entangled after collision on Mississippi River near New Orleans

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(NEW ORLEANS) — The U.S. Coast Guard is responding after two vessels, the freighter Pac Dubhe and bulk carrier African Buzzard, collided and subsequently grounded near mile marker 124.5 on the Mississippi River on Monday. African Buzzard is currently aground. The two vessels are entangled, with African Buzzard's anchor lodged in the bow of Pac Dubhe. Both vessel operators are…

25 Feb

Salvors remove grounded barge from entrance to San Juan Harbor

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — The unified command managing response efforts for the grounded barge Defiant announced the successful refloating and removal of the vessel from the Castillo San Felipe del Morro shoreline on Wednesday. The unified command said response personnel and contracted salvors refloated Defiant at 2:22 a.m., just before the arrival of high tide. Salvage crews and tugboat…

18 Feb

Salvors remove residual fuel from grounded barge in San Juan

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — The unified command announced salvors completed fuel removal operations Monday as assessments and preparations continue to remove a grounded fuel barge from the rocks along the San Felipe del Morro Castle shoreline. The barge Defiant grounded at about noon Feb. 9 just off the Port of San Juan harbor entrance. There were no reported injuries. The…

28 Nov

Crews complete removal of sunken tug at Bremerton Marina

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(BREMERTON, Wash.) — The unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, Suquamish tribe, and the Port of Bremerton has concluded response operations associated with the tugboat Dominion at the Bremerton Marina. The vessel sank on Sept. 17 and the removal of the vessel is now complete. Dominion was a 130-foot World War II-era wooden hull…

29 Sep

Sunken WWII-era yacht raised, taken to Port Townsend

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty Newsmegayachts, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(SEATTLE) — A unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has concluded its response to the 108-foot vessel Cairdeas, which sank in Sinclair Inlet near Bremerton on Sept. 7. On Saturday, responsibility for continued actions and custody of the vessel was transferred to the DNR. After being raised,…

29 Sep

Salvors complete recovery of fallen containers at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, Salvage, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The unified command on Friday announced that all 95 containers that fell overboard from the cargo vessel Mississippi at Pier G have been recovered in and around the Port of Long Beach. Early counts for the number of containers overboard increased from the original estimate as some units were crushed, submerged or hidden from view in…

20 Sep

Tugboat leaks fuel after sinking at Bremerton Marina

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(SEATTLE) — A unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Washington Department of Ecology was established Friday in response to a tugboat sinking at the Bremerton Marina. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received an initial pollution report from the National Response Center regarding the 130-foot tugboat Dominion, which sank at about 4 p.m. Wednesday. It was reported…