27 Mar

TitanSalvage to remove New Carissa wreckage from Oregon beach

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, Maritime News
(COOS BAY, Oregon) -- The grounded bulk carrier New Carissa, a curiosity along an Oregon beach since it wrecked in 1999, will be removed by a salvor, the Register-Guard newspaper of Eugene reported. TitanSalvage of Florida will do the work, which will cost an estimated $16.4 million. Titan will use barges with eight 300-ton hydraulic pullers in a "roll and cut"…
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25 Mar

4 dead, 1 missing after large fishing boat sinks off Alaska

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
(DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska) -- Four officers died and a fifth man was missing after a large fishing boat sank in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper reported. Rescuers were able to save 42 others, who were in life rafts. The ship's officer didn't board the life rafts with the rest of their crew. Their frantic mayday call reported that the vessel's rudder…
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12 Mar

One missing, 6 hurt after explosion on Gulf offshore vessel

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
(INTRACOASTAL CITY, La.) -- An explosion injured six people aboard an offshore dive support vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, and one other person is missing, Reuters reported. The crew on the 175-foot Jillian Morrison was servicing a natural gas pipeline and was towing a tank, which ruptured. Three of the injured were in serious condition at Louisiana hospitals.   Click here to view…
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