The search is continuing for two fisherman missing from a collision with the chemical tanker Bow Fortune in Galveston, which happened while the tanker was under pilotage according to owners Odfjell tankers.
A fire on the newly converted hybrid car ferry MF Ytterøyningen on 10 October was probably caused by a leak in the battery system’s liquid cooling circuit, according to an investigation of the incident.
The focus of the International Salvage Union (ISU) over the coming year will be to promote recognition and appreciation of “the importance of a properly funded salvage sector,” according to its president Richard Janssen, also md of Smit Salvage.