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

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

(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…
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Salvors refloat megayacht after grounding off Maryland

Salvors refloat megayacht after grounding off Maryland

(BALTIMORE) — A 104-foot megayacht was refloated and removed from Chesapeake Bay on Aug. 31 after running aground and partially capsizing a month earlier. On July 27, response agencies received a report stating the vessel Lovebug had run aground about a half-mile offshore between Beverly Beach and Curtis Point, Md. The five people on board were safely removed from the…
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Resolve crane barge heads to Puerto Rico to salvage sailboat

Resolve crane barge heads to Puerto Rico to salvage sailboat

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday that a crane barge is headed to Culebra, Puerto Rico, for Resolve Marine contractors to remove the grounded sailing vessel Obsession from the reef just off Flamenco Beach. A Resolve Marine 400-ton shear-leg barge, 164 feet in length and 54 feet wide, is being towed by tugboat from Baltimore,…
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NOAA to provide $54 million to address marine debris

NOAA to provide $54 million to address marine debris

(WASHINGTON) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the availability of up to $54 million across two funding opportunities to address marine debris throughout the coastal and Great Lakes states, territories and Freely Associated States. These funding opportunities allow NOAA to support impactful, large-scale marine debris removal projects, as well as the installation, monitoring and maintenance of…
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California cruise ship awaits fate after refloating, cleanup

California cruise ship awaits fate after refloating, cleanup

(SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif.) — A unified command has completed its pollution response to Aurora, a decommissioned cruise ship, which sank May 22 in Little Potato Slough within the San Joaquin Delta northwest of Stockton. Over the past several weeks, response contractors, Global Diving and Salvage and subcontractors, successfully refloated the vessel and removed an estimated 21,675 gallons of oily…
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Dali leaves Baltimore, arrives in Virginia for repairs

Dali leaves Baltimore, arrives in Virginia for repairs

(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…
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Timeline extended for investigation into loss of Titan submersible

Timeline extended for investigation into loss of Titan submersible

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) continues to actively investigate the factors that led to the loss of the Titan submersible in the North Atlantic Ocean on June 18, 2023, with five people aboard. The Coast Guard’s investigation remains active but will take longer than initially projected to complete. “The investigation into the implosion of…
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