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18 May

Mass. Maritime SNAME contingent earns honorable mention

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & Trainingshipbuilding

(BUZZARDS BAY, Mass.) — Massachusetts Maritime Academy announced that a team of six cadets in the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) recently participated in SNAME Paper Night at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earning an honorable mention for their paper “Bulk Carrier to Mobile Powerplant: Designing Alternate Power Solutions.” Researched and written by cadets Jackson Perrault,…

18 May

IMO sharpens focus on gender equality in maritime industry

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsIMO, Licensing and training

(LONDON) — This year’s International Day for Women in Maritime (May 18) focuses on embedding gender equality at every level of the maritime industry, both on shore and at sea. Under the theme “From Policy to Practice: Advancing Gender Equality for Maritime Excellence,” the day highlights actions to translate international ambitions and commitments into tangible actions that will make a…

18 May

New Coast Guard icebreaker completes Bering Sea mission

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsIcebreakers, U.S. Coast Guard

(SEATTLE) — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest polar icebreaker, USCGC Storis (WAGB 21), returned to their temporary Seattle home port Monday after a 36-day deployment to the Bering Sea. The patrol focused on advancing operational readiness, strengthening interoperability with other military assets and testing new concepts to support prolonged operations in one of the world’s most demanding…

15 May

Mate tells NTSB autopilot ‘tripped’ before tow hit Virginia bridge

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, Tugboats and towing

(WASHINGTON) — On June 15, 2024, about 1626 local time, the towing vessel Mackenzie Rose was pushing the loaded deck barge Weeks 281 while transiting the southern branch of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Va., when the barge’s raked bow struck the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad bridge. There were no injuries and no pollution was reported. The railroad…

15 May

Markey Machine appoints Eric Rose as president

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry NewsDeck equipment, Tugboats and towing

(SEATTLE) — Markey Machine, one of America’s longest-standing manufacturers of marine deck machinery, has announced the appointment of Eric Rose as president. Founded in 1907, Markey Machine has spent more than a century designing and manufacturing winches and deck machinery for operators who depend on that equipment to perform under the most demanding conditions in the world. Rose brings extensive…

15 May

Normal operations resume at regional examination centers

Professional Mariner StaffLicensing & TrainingNMC, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — Effective Monday, May 18, all regional examination centers (RECs) and monitoring units (MUs) except for REC New Orleans and MU San Juan will return to routine operations, including availability to schedule examinations for all mariners. REC New Orleans will remain temporarily closed to walk-in and counter service, but its examination room will reopen for scheduling and conducting mariner…

13 May

Unexpected current led to Galveston barge breakaway, oil spill

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty Newsbrownwater, NTSB, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — On May 15, 2024, about 0947 local time, the towing vessel LCPL Phillip C George was departing the Texas International Terminal in Galveston, Texas, pushing two loaded tank barges, when the port quarter of the towboat struck a terminal dolphin. One of the barges, MMLP 321, separated from the tow and struck a power transmission pole and the…

13 May

U.S. indicts Dali operators for fatal Baltimore bridge strike

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors have brought criminal charges against two companies and an employee connected with the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, World News Group reported. Dali, a 984-foot containership, crashed into the bridge in the early morning of March 26, 2024. The collapse killed six construction workers on the bridge and resulted in at least $5…

11 May

Philly now working on three LNG boxships for Matson

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsLNG, propulsion, shipbuilding

(PHILADELPHIA) — Matson marked two milestones in its fleet renewal program on May 5 with the beginning of hull assembly on the second of three new LNG-powered Aloha-class containerships designed for its Hawaii and China-Long Beach Express (CLX) services, and the start of construction of its third new vessel at Hanwha Philly Shipyard. A small shipyard ceremony to mark the…

11 May

Captain’s cellphone use cited in collision, sinking of towboat

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty Newsbrownwater, NTSB, Tugboats and towing

(WASHINGTON) — On Dec. 29, 2024, about 1934 local time, the towing vessel Patrick J Studdert and bulk carrier Clara B collided while underway on the Lower Mississippi River at mile 122 near Luling, La. Patrick J Studdert sank, forcing all five crewmembers to abandon the vessel into the water. A sheen of diesel fuel was visible downriver. The crew…