Salvage of grounded MV Ultra Galaxy underway in South Africa

Work on extracting contents onboard a grounded Panama-flagged general cargo vessel, the MV Ultra Galaxy, now virtually beached almost on its side, in a remote coastal area of the Western Cape, South Africa, northwest of Cape Town, is fully underway, says the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).

MV Ultra Galaxy (previously known as Thor Galaxy and Thorco Galaxy) is a 124.56-meter-long general cargo vessel built in 2008. Reportedly is owned by Fujita Shoji and managed by Denmark-based...

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VIDEO: Containership Dali departs Baltimore

We don’t have to wait any longer to know when the containership Dali will leave Baltimore. Local media, including WBAL TV, have been showing video of the ship departing Baltimore today.

Three months after it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, just before 8.30 a.m. this morning the 984 foot containership Dali began moving away from the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine terminal under its own power, headed for Norfolk, Va., assisted by four tugboats.

Because, as we reported earlier, the Dali has...

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