PSU shipyard GRSE to build ocean-going tug for BangladeshThe tug's primary roles will include towing ships at sea, both alongside and astern, assisting them during berthing and casting off, and ai...
01 Jul, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
Assam adds 10 catamaran vessels, 3 tug boats, and a search and rescue vesselThis strategic fleet expansion is a visionary initiative that seeks to harness the vast potential of Assam's abundant river systems. The in...
28 Sep, 2023, 10.23 PM IST
Gujarat, Tamil Nadu ports set to develop hydrogen hubs“Under the green tug transition programme, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Paradip Port, VOC Port and the Deendayal Port will be buying two gree...
06 Jul, 2023, 12.09 AM IST
Massive rescue operations underway after cyclone sinks barge, leaves oil rig adriftNavy vessels, tug boats and rescue ships were pressed into service on Tuesday to evacuate over 500 people stuck on an oil rig and barges in...
18 May, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
Cyclone Tauktae: 121 villages affected in Karnataka, six deadDamages to a total of 333 houses, 644 poles, 147 transformers, 3,004.3 meters of lines, 57 km of road, 57 nets and 104 boats have been repo...
17 May, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
Suez Canal may expand southern channel, chairman saysThe committee investigating the grounding was made up of five or six members with law, maritime, salvage, and administration expertise.
07 Apr, 2021, 12.11 PM IST
Mega-ship in Suez Canal moved '80%' in right directionThe MV Ever Given, longer than four football fields, became wedged diagonally across the canal during a sandstorm last Tuesday, strangling ...
29 Mar, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
Tugs, dredgers still struggle to free ship blocking Suez CanalDredgers working to dislodge the stranded vessel have so far shifted 27,000 cubic metres of sand, to a depth of 18 metres (19.7 yards), and...
28 Mar, 2021, 11.27 PM IST
Tugs work to free giant container ship stranded in Suez CanalTracking maps had shown the ship grounded in the southernmost stretch of the waterway, between the Great Bitter Lake and the Red Sea port o...
25 Mar, 2021, 09.33 AM IST
Giant container ship blocks Suez Canal after 'gust of wind' knocks it off courseAbout 12% of the world trade volume passes through the man-made canal, which is a major source of hard currency for Egypt. Tankers have sta...
24 Mar, 2021, 03.03 PM IST
Aircraft carrier INS 'Viraat' sets sail for Gujarat, to be dismantled and sold as scrapThe vessel had served the Indian Navy for 30 years before being decommissioned. It had served in the UK's Royal Navy as HMS Hermes and name...
20 Sep, 2020, 02.53 PM IST
Indian Navy extends help to Singapore vessel stranded at seaINS Shardul encountered tug 'Bes Power' of Singapore stranded due to the cyclone 35 nautical miles north-east of Minicoy Island late last n...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.14 PM IST
Indian among 22 missing in boat capsize in China's Yangtze RiverAn Indian is among eight foreigners who are missing along with 14 others when a tugboat sank off the Yangtze River in China's east Jiangsu ...
16 Jan, 2015, 05.00 PM IST
Indian among 22 missing in boat capsize in ChinaFour from Singapore and one each from India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan were among the 25 people aboard the boat when it capsized.
16 Jan, 2015, 04.34 PM IST
- Gujarat revives Alcock Ashdown divestment strap
Gujarat government has restarted the exercise to offload stake in Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited, the loss-making ship-building company.
16 Feb, 2012, 11.59 AM IST
- Finding their port of call
Ocean Sparkle's promoters latched on to an opportunity in private ports earlier than others.
27 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Workers struggle to clean up oil spill on Mississippi
The US Coast Guard and clean-up crews were struggling Saturday to rid the Mississippi River of hundreds of thousands of gallons (liters) of...
27 Jul, 2008, 04.47 AM IST