28 Feb

Crew of cruise ship that hit reef faulted for failing to update charts

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
The December 1998 grounding of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Monarch of the Seas on a coral reef off St. Maarten was the result of a series of operational errors on the part of the bridge team, a joint investigation between U.S. and Norwegian authorities recently determined. Most significantly, the investigation determined that the grounding was a direct result of…
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28 Feb

Six men evacuated from bulker die when their rescue copter crashes in the Bering Sea

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
Six crew from the Malaysian-flagged bulk carrier Selendang Ayu are missing and presumed dead after a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, which was rescuing them after their ship foundered on a shoal off Unalaska Island, Alaska, crashed into the Bering Sea on Dec. 8. Selendang Ayu lies in two pieces after running aground and breaking apart off the Aleutian Island of…
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28 Feb

Crewman dies after OSV collideswith Tanker

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an April 28 collision between the oil tanker Genmar Strength and the offshore supply vessel René I, which resulted in the death of one of the OSV's crew. The bow of René I remains visible in the Sabine-Neches Ship Channel near the juncture with the Gulf of Mexico.    Image Credit: Courtesy U.S. Coast…
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27 Feb

Four of ship’s six cylinders were broken at time of grounding, NTSB reports

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News
Selendang Ayu, shown here on Dec. 19, 2004, broke into two sections soon after grounding on Dec. 8, 2004, off Unalaska Island. [Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard] The report from the National Transportation Safety Board on the grounding of the 39,775-gt bulk carrier Selendang Ayu off the Aleutian Island of Unalaska has concluded that the incident was caused by the shutting…
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