News & Announcements

On Tuesday 15th October 2013, we dispatched tug "AL WAFI" from her Muscat anchorage, to the assistance of general cargo vessel "SILA" (5,688 GT, 7,608 DWT), laden with about 6,200 MT of Indian Soybean Meal Hipro in bulk, disabled and drifting off Salalah.

Following the successful Maritime Cyprus 2013 Conference, the Cyprus Maritime Environment Protection Association (CYMEPA) hosted their 21st Annual General Meeting on the 8th October in Limassol, Cyprus, to discuss important issues on the CYMEPA agenda. During this meeting it gives us great pleasure to announce that Mr. George A. Tsavliris was elected President of CYMEPA.

On Thursday 8th August we dispatched salvage tug "UNICORN" to the assistance of bulk carrier "CARMEN SILVA" (16,145 GT, 25,739 DWT), laden with about 23,300 tons of steel/general products, disabled due to main engine problems about 150 miles South East of Sur, Oman.

On the 9th June we dispatched motor tug "MONTENOVO" to the assistance of general cargo vessel "OCEAN GLORY" (4,123 GT, 6,027 DWT), laden with about 4,500 MT of Ivory Coast wheatbran pellets in bulk, immobilized due to the loss of her rudder about 250 nautical miles south of Las Palmas. Vessel was on passage from Abidjan (Ivory Coast) to Nador (Med Morocco).

On Thursday 4th July we dispatched our salvage tug "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" from her Piraeus salvage station, to the assistance of bulk carrier "KATHERINE" (17,255 GT, 28,711 DWT), laden with 26,400 MT of hot briquetted iron, following collision with bulk carrier "BARU SATU" (9,978 GT, 16,190 DWT), in the Kafirea Strait, Aegean Sea.

On Sunday 5th May 2013, we dispatched our salvage tug "TSAVLIRIS UNITY", from her Galle (Sri Lanka) salvage station, to the assistance of geared bulk carrier "RIO GOLD" (23,663 GRT, 39,695 DWT), laden with 35,200 MT of cement clinkers, grounded on hard rock off South East Preparis Island, Myanmar.

On Thursday 11th April, the Tsavliris Group took part in the physically challenging Baltic Exchange Go-Kart Race at The Raceway in London. There were 19 teams made up of minimum three drivers (60 drivers in total), and the endurance race lasted one and a half hours of continuous very competitive driving.

On Saturday 30th March our salvage tug "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" proceeded to the assistance of oil/chemical tanker "VARKAN MARMARA" (GRT 3,478 / DWT 4,865), laden with about 3,500 MT of FAME(BIO DIESEL PRODUCT), disabled off the North African Coast.


Towage connection effected on Tuesday 2nd April in adverse weather conditions.


Convoy safely arrived Augusta on Friday 5th April and anchored at inner anchorage.

In the first quarter of 2013 Tsavliris Salvage Group was kept busy with Bulk Carrier "RBD ITALIA" (GT 47,984, DWT 87,334), laden 43.380,86 M/T of grain (sunflower seeds, soyabean meal, soya bean pellets, etc.), which grounded at KM 452, Rio Parana, in the vicinity of San Lorenzo, on Wednesday 30th January. Our salvage master boarded casualty on the same day and refloating attempts, by using ship's engine and rudder, commenced but with no success...

Mr. George A. Tsavliris was invited to speak at the eleventh Panama Maritime World Conference & Exhibition, that took place at the Megapolis Convention Center in Panama City, from the 27th of February to the 1st of March, 2013....

On Thursday 14th February, we dispatched salvage tug "KAMARINA", from her Singapore salvage station, to the assistance of oil products tanker "MAKO" (GT 60,504, DWT 104,000), laden with about 89,000 M/T Murban crude oil, experiencing technical problems and steaming at reduced speed, about 115 nautical miles south of Sunda Straits, Indian Ocean. The casualty required tug assistance/support prior to entering the Sunda Strait.