Six missing after tug capsizes off Busan

Sam Chambers · Splash 247 · 2026-09-03

One seafarer has died and six remain missing after the tug TNS Catcher capsized while assisting a containership off Busan yesterday. The 286-tonne tug overturned at around 1.29pm, about 9 km east of Oryukdo, while working with two other tugs to manoeuvre the MSC Ikaria VI, a 5,576 teu, Liberia-flagged containership. Of the eight people …

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