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26 May

Cruise ship slams into, damages Hudson River pier

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(NEW YORK) -- A cruise ship slammed into and damaged Pier 88 in Manhattan, the New York Daily News reported. No one was injured after Norwegian Spirit failed to make a turn and struck the pier. One witness said the vessel may have been coming into its slip a little too fast. Click here to view the newspaper's story.

23 May

Argon gas leak aboard cargo ship kills 3 at Port Everglades

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(PORT EVERGLADES, Fla.) -- Three dock workers were killed when a container of argon leaked inside the hull of a cargo ship, the Miami Herald newspaper reported. A dock supervisor had been checking for the source of the gas leak about the 338-foot Madeleine when he became unresponsive. Two other dock workers died trying to save the others. Click here to view the…

23 May

Fuel fire injures barge crewman at Citgo facility in Tampa

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The following is the text of a press release issued by the U.S. Coast Guard: (TAMPA, Fla.) -- The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a fire that occurred during the transfer of fuel on board a barge at 1:50 a.m. Thursday at the Citgo Bulk Storage and Distribution Facility in Tampa. A 49-year-old man from Daly City, Calif.,…

21 May

Barge carrying logs lists, grounds near Prince Rupert, B.C.

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(PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia) -- A barge carrying bundles of cedar logs listed badly in the waves and went aground, the Web site BCLocalNews.com reported. The vessel listed an estimated 23 degrees in the waves. Responders unloaded the cedar logs and declared the barge to be stable. Click here to view the Web site's story.

21 May

Tug, barge run aground, crash into boat slips in Intracoastal

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(PALM COAST, Fla.) -- A tug and barge ran aground and struck boat slips in the Intracoastal Waterway, the News-Journal newspaper of Daytona Beach reported. The wayward vessels damaged one boat in the incident at Palm Coast. Vessel traffic was halted in the Intracoastal Waterway until the tug and barge were safely refloated. Click here to view the newspaper's story.

20 May

Research vessel that sank off Delaware is finally salvaged

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(BETHANY BEACH, Del.) -- Two tugboats finally salvaged a research boat in which one mariner was killed off Delaware last week, the Cape Gazette newspaper of Lewes, Del., reported. The Northstar and the Delaware freed the Russell W. Peterson from a sandbar on their second try. The former lift boat was towed to Leesburg, N.J., for further investigation. Click here…

19 May

Tugboat crew fired after crashing into refinery wharf

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(MARTINEZ, Calif.) -- The crew of the tug Independence was fired after their employer said the men were drinking alcohol before the vessel crashed into a refinery wharf last week, the television station KCBS reported. AmNav Maritime Services of Oakland said it fired all three crewmen. Two tested positive for alcohol use, and the third refused to be tested, the Coast…

19 May

One man died in research boat accident off Delaware coast

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(REHOBOTH BEACH, De.) -- One crewman was killed in the sinking of a research boat off the Delaware coast last week, the News Journal newspaper of Wilmington reported. The Russel W. Peterson was involved in a survey of bird patterns related to a possible future offshore wind farm when a storm destabilized the vessel. The captain was rescued but a Coast Guard responder found another crewman down inside…

16 May

Fire, explosion on vessel in Mobile shipyard injures 3

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The fire began in the engine room, burning a minimum of 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel. (Nickolas Jurich). (MOBILE, Ala.) -- A fire and explosion aboard a new anchor-handling tug injured three firefighters at the Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co. yard, the Press-Register newspaper reported. The intense fire burned for about 24 hours before firefighters finally extinguished it. The blaze…

15 May

Report: Tug crewman was drinking alcohol; master refuses test

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(MARTINEZ, Calif.) -- One crewman on a tug that struck refinery pipes and caused a gasoline spill tested positive for excessive alcohol use, the television station KPIX reported. The tug's master refused to submit to alcohol and drug testing. The vessel struck three pipes at a Tesoro refinery and caused about 1,500 gallons of gasoline to spill under the Benicia-Martinez…