Category: tugboat

Italian Tugboat Sinks in the Adriatic Sea, 5 Crew Missing

MILAN—An Italian tugboat with six people aboard capsized and sank in the Adriatic Sea, leaving five crew members missing, Italian authorities said Thursday. The Coast Guard and other authorities were searching for four Italians and one Tunisian sailor. Authorities said the search was complicated by high winds. Just the captain survived, rescued from the sea…


2 Tugboats Speed to Egypt’s Suez Canal as Shippers Avoid It

SUEZ, Egypt—Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free. The massive Ever Given, a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship that carries…