Salvors are installing two new pumps on the stricken car carrier Hoegh Osaka in the Solent.

A tug holding Hoegh Osaka in position has crashed into the vessel in heavy weather, and had to be replaced.

Salvors are to start work on pumping out up to 3,000 tonnes of water inside the stricken car carrier Hoegh Osaka.

Grounded car carrier Höegh Osaka has self-floated at high tide, and salvors are now preparing to tow her to shore in Southampton, according to the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency.

Salvage operations are continuing on the barge POE Giant 12 that grounded on Pedra Branca in Singapore waters on 30 December.

A vessel carrying radioactive waste is now under tow after a fire forced it to cut its engines off the coast of Scotland yesterday night.

Braemar Far East director Graeme Temple has warned over inadequate fire prevention aboard ships, saying that “lessons are still not being learned”.

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has linked with the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) to tackle "lack of progress" on the issue of places of refuge.

On the back of the “unprecedented” level of investment in the Australian offshore sector London Offshore Consultants (LOC) is expanding its marine services business in the country with a new operation based in Sydney

Hong Kong drybulk specialist Pacific Basin Shipping is continuing with its streamlining process, with a proposed sale of its Australian towage business.