casualties – Professional Mariner

06 Nov

Lessons learned: Coast Guard publishes new findings of concern

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, safety, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard publishes "findings of concern" to alert stakeholders about safety risks discovered during incident investigations. These findings do not require action but rather are intended to encourage voluntary safety measures or adherence to existing regulations. Unlike urgent safety alerts that require immediate industry attention, findings of concern serve as lessons that should be applied in…

28 Oct

Dali companies to pay $102 million to settle U.S. lawsuit

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Salvage

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the containership Dali, have agreed to pay nearly $102 million to resolve a civil claim brought by the United States for costs borne in responding to the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The settlement…

19 Sep

U.S. files $100 million claim against Dali owner, operator

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil claim Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the containership that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. In the early morning hours of March 26, the motor vessel Dali left the…

06 Sep

NTSB to Coast Guard: Finish work on passenger vessel SMS

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) — On the fifth anniversary of the 2019 Conception dive boat fire that killed 34 people, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy held a media availability with the families of the victims and again called on the U.S. Coast Guard to require safety management systems (SMS) for all U.S.-flagged passenger vessels. “For five years, I’ve…

23 Jul

Detention order lifted in Charleston for runaway boxship

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, IMO, U.S. Coast Guard

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The containership MSC Michigan VII was released Monday from the International Maritime Organization detention order that was imposed on June 8 in Charleston after the vessel accelerated uncontrollably while leaving the harbor. The vessel is authorized by the Coast Guard Sector Charleston captain of the port to depart the Port of Charleston under a three-tug escort, two…

18 Jul

U.S.-flag inspections up, casualties down in past year

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has announced the publication of the 2023 Flag State Control Domestic Annual Report. This report highlights U.S. domestic fleet inspection, deficiency, and marine casualty statistics and serves as a powerful tool that highlights trends, identifies key performance indicators, and draws attention to findings over the past calendar year. The…

25 Jun

Dali leaves Baltimore, arrives in Virginia for repairs

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — The containership Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after the ship lost power and struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. Six construction workers on the bridge at the time of the incident were killed. The ship arrived at the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., on Tuesday, where…

12 Jun

Main channel fully restored at Port of Baltimore

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage, shipping, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(BALTIMORE) — As part of the Unified Command response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Navy supervisor of salvage and diving on Monday restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime transit through the…

06 Jun

Salvors remove final truss blocking Baltimore channel

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage, shipping, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — Ten weeks after the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, salvage crews removed the final large steel truss segment blocking the 700-foot-wide Fort McHenry Federal Channel on June 3 and 4. The span collapsed after being hit by the containership Dali on March 26. Using concrete breakers, underwater surveys and oxyacetylene torches, they separated tons of concrete…

20 May

Dali moved from Key Bridge channel, towed to terminal

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Salvage

(BALTIMORE) — Salvors working with the Key Bridge Response Unified Command refloated and moved the containership Dali on Monday at approximately 7 a.m. With the assistance of five tugboats and other support vessels, the ship was towed and pushed 2.5 miles, arriving at a local marine terminal at approximately 9 a.m. Dali had been pinned under debris from the Francis…