02 Mar

Ship’s master killed by door

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
The captain of a cruise ship being laid up in Florida was killed Oct. 27 when an automatic, watertight bulkhead door closed on him as he was securing the engine room. Watertight door closes automatically when power is cut. The captain of Cape May Light apparently was pinned as he attempted to leave the engine room. Charles P. Beverly, 43,…
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02 Mar

2003 Plimsoll Winners Announced

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
Professional Mariner has selected the Columbia River Bar Pilots and U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Domenic Calicchio as winners of the 2003 Samuel Plimsoll Awards for outstanding service in promoting safety in the maritime industry. Columbia River Bar Pilot Bill Worth boarding the tanker Casablanca. The pilots' group was chosen in the outstanding-organization category because of its pioneering work in the…
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02 Mar

Lint blamed for cruise ship fire

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
The fierce fire that crippled the Carnival Cruise Lines ship, Ecstasy, had an unlikely source, according to the National Transportation Safety Board: laundry lint. Smoke billows from Ecstasy as Coastal Key West pours water on the ship's stern. Tons of polypropylene mooring line on ship's winches and nearby pallets fed the fire, which began in the laundry room and reached…
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02 Mar

Cruiseship propeller sinks tug

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
A harbor tug assisting in docking maneuvers of a cruiseship at the Port of Houston's Barbours Cut Terminal was sunk following a collision with the ship's propeller. The hull of the tug Jupiter was slashed by the prop of the 31,790-gt Big Red Boat III at 0700 June 10, 2000. Jupiter was immediately grounded deliberately by the four-person crew on…
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