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Salvors Refloat Grounded Drill Rig off the Coast of Tunisia
Tunisian salvors have refloated the drill rig Ocean Valiant, which drifted aground in the Bizerte region last year.The 1988-built Ocean…
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Turks Use Breeches Buoy to Rescue Crew from Grounded Cargo Ship
Turkish authorities staged a dramatic rescue, winching eight crewmembers from a decrepit cargo ship that washed ashore in the Black…
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Passengers Abandon Cruise Grounded on Island from 2000 Movie “Cast Away"
Passengers aboard the Fiji cruise ship might have thought they were about to relive a scene from the 2000 movie…
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Danger in the Gulf from Abandoned Ships as One Grounds in Iran
Iranian officials on Friday, March 27, reported that one of the abandoned vessels has now drifted across the Persian Gulf…
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Salvors Finish Defueling Grounded Barge at San Juan’s Harbor Entrance
The U.S. Coast Guard and commercial salvors have completed the removal of the last bits of recoverable fuel from the…
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Containership Briefly Grounds Blocking Port of Mobile
The Alabama Port Authority is reporting that the containership Ruby Tower (127,952 dwt) has been refloated and is no longer…
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U.S. Coast Guard and Local Volunteers Save Crew of Grounded Crab Boat
A combined Coast Guard and volunteer response effort resulted in the rescue of two people and two dogs from a…
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U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Nine From Grounded Fishing Vessel in Bering Sea
On Monday, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter aircrew rescued nine crewmembers from a crab boat that grounded off the coast…
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Video: Taiwan Rescues Crew from Tug Sent to Rescue Grounded Bulker
It became a compound series of problems as a bulker grounded as it was preparing to arrive at a port…
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Irish Coast Guard Rescues 14 Fishermen From Grounded Trawler
The Irish Coast Guard has successfully rescued the crew of a French fishing vessel that drifted onto the rocks near…
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