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22 Dec

Remote Pacific rescue showcases professionalism of Matson crew

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscontainership, Hawaii, Mahimahi, Matson, Port of Honolulu, rescue, San Francisco, Third Try

Crew aboard the Matson containership Mahimahi learned just after lunch on July 6 that a sailboat transiting from San Francisco to Hawaii was in trouble. The trimaran Third Try failed to make a 24-hour report, and the Coast Guard requested that Mahimahi divert toward the sailboat’s last known position almost 190 nautical miles away. By dawn the next morning, all…

01 Dec

Casualty Briefs – December/January 2021

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty Newsbulk carrier, casualties, casualty, containership, destroyer

Seamanship errors, fatigue cited in fatal collision of destroyer The 2017 collision of the destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the containership ACX Crystal stemmed from failures by the Navy ship’s bridge team in the minutes leading to impact, federal investigators said. Seven American sailors were killed. Specifically, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that Fitzgerald’s bridge crew failed “to take early and…