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03 Jan

NTSB: Troubleshooting on trawler led to collision with boxship

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — A fishing vessel mate not maintaining a proper lookout and conducting maintenance on critical equipment while underway led to the collision of a containership and fishing vessel, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday. No injuries were reported. Damage to the vessels was estimated at $6.25 million. On Oct. 28, 2022, while the containership MSC Rita was…

31 Dec

Bulk carrier with lithium-ion batteries catches fire off Alaska

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(JUNEAU, Alaska) — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a vessel on fire approximately 225 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor on Friday. At 4:40 a.m. Thursday, the 17th Coast Guard District Command Center in Juneau received report of a cargo hold fire aboard the bulk carrier Genius Star XI. The Coast Guard directed Genius Star XI to continue toward Dutch Harbor…

14 Dec

Cruise ship, Coast Guard rescue 12 after cargo vessel sinks

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(MIAMI) — A Carnival Cruise Line ship and the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 12 people Wednesday after their small cargo vessel sank about 30 miles north of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Coordinating with Carnival’s Fleet Operations Center in Miami, officers aboard Carnival Vista changed the ship’s course to assist when an emergency alert was received by an onboard monitoring system…

14 Dec

Corroded wire rope led to crane failure on bulk carrier

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, safety, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — Undetected corrosion and wear led to an equipment failure on a bulk carrier while offloading cargo last year in Houston, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday. On July 23, 2022, the cargo ship Thorco Basilisk was offloading a wind turbine component at the Greensport Terminal on the Houston Ship Channel when the hoisting wire rope on…

06 Dec

Changes to anchorage, VTS urged after San Pedro Bay spill

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended new notification alarms and procedures for potential incursions on pipelines and a change to an anchorage off the California coast following a crude oil release in 2021 caused by ship anchors damaging an underwater pipeline. NTSB investigators determined that the oil leak, which began on Oct. 1, 2021, in San…

05 Dec

NTSB cites maintenance error for engine room fire on tanker

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — A maintenance error caused an engine room fire aboard the chemical tanker Endo Breeze last year, resulting in $1.2 million in damage, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday. On April 29, 2022, Endo Breeze was transiting outbound through the Raritan Bay West Reach channel near Staten Island, N.Y., when oil spray from a fuel injector pump…

28 Nov

Derelict tugboat sinks at pier in San Juan Islands

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, UncategorizedSalvage, Tugboats and towing

(SEATTLE) — Crews from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, Washington Department of Ecology, and the Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) responded to the sinking of the 80-foot vessel El Capitan at West Sound Marina on Orcas Island on Nov. 18. Watch standers at Sector Puget Sound command center received notification Nov. 18 from the West Sound Marina that El Capitan,…

21 Nov

NTSB to hold public meeting on San Pedro Bay oil release

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a virtual public board meeting Dec. 5 to determine the probable cause of a crude oil release that followed anchor strikes on an underwater pipeline in San Pedro Bay near Huntington Beach, Calif. On Oct. 1, 2021, crude oil began leaking from a crack that had developed in an underwater…

15 Nov

Search ends for crewman overboard from cruise ship

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Wednesday night for an MSC Seascape cruise ship crewmember who is believed to have fallen overboard in the Atlantic Ocean north of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Still missing is a 30-year-old man of Indian nationality who was reportedly observed going overboard Tuesday night, approximately 80 feet from the bow…

10 Nov

Lithium-ion battery explosion leads to fire on oil tanker

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News

(WASHINGTON) — The thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery led to a fire on an oil tanker last year while docked in Baton Rouge, La., the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday. The fire resulted in $3 million in damage to the vessel. The oil tanker S-Trust was docked at the Genesis Port Allen…