Jacksonville – Professional Mariner

22 Dec

Texas mariner dies after falling from tugboat near Jacksonville

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsFlorida, Jacksonville, maritime casualties, maritime fatalities, Pops, St. Johns River, Texas, tugboat

A Texas man working on a tugboat in Jacksonville, Fla., died after falling into the St. Johns River while trying to board a dredge barge. Oziel Martinez, 41, fell from the tugboat Pops at about 0300 on Nov. 22 while attempting to step onto the clamshell dredging barge New York. Martinez was not wearing a life jacket and did not…

22 Dec

Casualty Briefs

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsBlount Island, Coast Guard, Hoegh Xiamen, Jacksonville, maritime casualties, NTSB, Sabine Pass, Sagami, Texas

Crewman missing, presumed dead after falling from ship off Texas A 27-year-old mariner sailing aboard the tanker Sagami is missing and presumed dead after falling into the Gulf of Mexico near Sabine Pass, Texas. The victim, whose name and nationality were not identified, worked aboard the 557-foot tanker registered in Panama. He fell overboard at about 1906 on Dec. 2…