22 Jan

Tug grounds on shipwreck in Lower Mississippi

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
(DONALDSVILLE, La.) -- The following is the text of two press releases issued Jan. 20 by the U.S. Coast Guard:   The Coast Guard has temporarily restricted vessel traffic to one-way on the Lower Mississippi River from mile markers  167-177 due to a towboat grounding. At approximately 1 p.m. today, the towboat Senator Stennis struck the submerged wreckage of the…
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18 Jan

Pilot’s sleep disorder probed in Cosco Busan incident

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
(SAN FRANCISCO) --  The Coast Guard is investigating whether the pilot's use of a prescription drug to treat sleep apnea may have been a factor in last year's accident involving the Cosco Busan, the Associated Press reported. The disorder and certain prescription medicines can leave the patient feeling fatigued during the day. The pilot passed his most recent state-mandated physical…
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18 Jan

Container ship runs aground at Savannah

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
(SAVANNAH, Georgia) -- A containership ran aground near Tybee Island, closing the Savannah River shipping channel for about four hours, the Savannah Morning News reported. The Coast Guard said the Ever Radiant lost propulsion and ran soft aground. Two tractor tugs were able to pull the ship to an anchorage.   Click here to read the newspaper's story. 
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16 Jan

Sinking of ice-strengthened cruise ship in the Antarctic leaves experts puzzled

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
  "In general when something like that happens, we suspect that there was something else that happened we weren't informed about."   Sander Calisal, Professor emeritus University of British Columbia Many questions remain unanswered following the sinking of the cruise ship Explorer (ex Lindblad Explorer, Society Explorer) in the Antarctic Ocean near the South Shetland Islands about 475 nautical miles…
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