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11 Sep

NTSB: Land-based firefighters need more training for vessel incidents

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, Ports, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a safety alert Wednesday urging greater awareness and training for land-based firefighters who may be called to fight fires aboard vessels in local ports. The safety alert follows several NTSB investigations into deaths and injuries to firefighters. The NTSB found land-based firefighters often lack the necessary training and familiarity with vessel…

11 Sep

Recovery begins of fallen containers at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Salvage operations have begun in order to open a channel to allow ships to safely transit to and from Pier G at the Port of Long Beach following an incident on Tuesday morning that caused an estimated 75 shipping containers to fall from the cargo ship Mississippi. Officials from the unified command – consisting of federal,…

10 Sep

More than 60 containers fall from boxship at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — A unified command has been established to respond to an incident Tuesday morning that caused an estimated 67 shipping containers to fall off the cargo ship Mississippi and into the water at Pier G within the Port of Long Beach just after 9 a.m. Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, Long Beach Fire Department, Long Police…

01 Sep

Fuel leak after repair causes fire aboard Lake Erie bulker

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, shipping, TSB

(RICHMOND HILL, Ontario) — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report (M23C0104) into the engine room fire onboard the bulk carrier Cuyahoga. On May 23, 2023, Cuyahoga, loaded with granular crushed stone, left Marblehead, Ohio, bound for Kingsville, Ontario, on Lake Erie. Almost three hours into the voyage, a fire ignited in the engine room.…

28 Aug

Loss of steering led cargo ship to hit bulker in Houston Ship Channel

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, shipping

(WASHINGTON) — A steering control system component failure on a multi-purpose carrier resulted in the vessel hitting a bulk carrier in the Houston Ship Channel, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday. The multi-purpose carrier BBC Africa lost steering as it was departing the channel on Aug. 25, 2023, and struck the moored bulk carrier Common Faith. No injuries…

27 Aug

Shock loading led to parting of lines, barge grounding in Alaska

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, Tugboats and towing

(WASHINGTON) — On Jan. 11 at 2:50 a.m. local time, the integrated tug and barge (ITB) Krystal Sea/Cordova Provider was transiting Prince William Sound in Alaska when the four lines connecting the tug to the barge parted, causing the barge to uncouple from the tug. The barge drifted, eventually grounding on the coast of Axel Lind Island, Alaska, at about…

19 Aug

Explosion reported on coal-carrying bulker in Baltimore

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty Newsshipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — The U.S. Coast Guard and local partners responded to reports of an explosion aboard the 751-foot bulk carrier W-Sapphire in Baltimore Harbor on Monday. Responders from Coast Guard Sector Maryland – National Capital Region were dispatched to the area to assist. No injuries have been reported and the cause of the explosion is under investigation. As a precaution,…

14 Aug

Bulker loses propulsion, grounds in St. Lawrence River near Montreal

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, shipping

(MONTREAL) — A bulk carrier ran aground Tuesday in the St. Lawrence River near Montreal after losing propulsion, The Canadian Press reported. Francis Lapointe, a spokesman for the Canadian Coast Guard, said the 590-foot Federal Yamaska ran aground near Vercheres, Quebec, at about 5:45 a.m. following a complete loss of engine power. No injuries or pollution were reported. Lapointe said…

11 Aug

Fatal mainmast failure spurs new Coast Guard recommendations

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsRegulation, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — On Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at approximately 10:12 a.m. the schooner Grace Bailey, owned by Grace Bailey Navigation Co., experienced a catastrophic mainmast failure during a routine voyage, resulting in multiple passenger injuries and one fatality. The four-day excursion around Penobscot Bay began on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Rockland, Maine, with 33 people on board, including 26…

11 Aug

Passenger shuttle runs aground in high surf in Honolulu

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsU.S. Coast Guard

(HONOLULU) — The U.S. Coast Guard is monitoring a passenger vessel that ran aground near Kewalo Basin in Honolulu on Saturday. Discovery, a 75-foot passenger vessel that operates as a shuttle for Atlantis Adventures, was secured to the seawall at Kewalo Basin awaiting commercial salvage. At 11 p.m. Saturday, personnel with the Pacific Environmental Corp. (PENCO) removed all accessible petroleum…