Salvage – Professional Mariner

07 Mar

Grounded yacht pulled from Maui rocks after two weeks

Rich MillerCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(HONOLUA BAY, MAUI) – A yacht, fast aground just outside the Honolua-Mokule’ia Marine Life Conservation District since Feb. 20, was pulled off the nearshore rocks on Sunday. The salvage ship Kahi, operated by Visionary Marine LLC, and the tractor tug Mary Catherine, operated by Sause Brothers Inc., both based in Honolulu, worked in tandem. A crew from the salvage ship…

01 Mar

Salvage crews recover submerged tugboat in Juneau

Rich MillerCasualty NewsSalvage, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(JUNEAU, Alaska) – Recovery of the tugboat Tagish was completed Sunday and the vessel was secured on the beach at the National Guard Dock in Gastineau Channel. Contractors dewatered and defueled the 107-foot tugboat prior to dismantling and placing it on a barge, in pieces, for its final disposal out of state. The Coast Guard’s mission during this recovery was…

08 Sep

Coast Guard, partners to remove Columbia River wrecks

Rich MillerMaritime NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(PORTLAND, Ore.) – The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies have approved a plan to remove two abandoned vessels from the Columbia River in Portland. The 125-foot cutter Alert and the 100-foot Sakarissa are currently sunk off Hayden Island. They are adjacent to the Interstate 5 bridge and a mile upriver from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad bridge.…

03 Aug

Coast Guard, partners to remove fuel from capsized ferry

Rich MillerCasualty NewsSalvage

(ASTORIA, Ore.) – The U.S. Coast Guard and partner organizations are scheduled to remove fuel and other pollution threats from the ferry Tourist No. 2 on Thursday. The Coast Guard initially responded July 28 after receiving a report that the vessel was taking on water at the 6th Street Pier in Astoria. The Coast Guard authorized up to $200,000 to…

18 Apr

Third time is the charm: Ever Forward refloated

Rich MillerMaritime NewsSalvage, shipping

(BALTIMORE) — The U.S. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp., in partnership with multiple state and local responders, refloated the containership Ever Forward on Sunday. The effort followed a 35-day-long salvage operation that began Sunday, March 13, after the 1,095-foot vessel grounded in Chesapeake Bay near Craighill Channel. Refloating Ever Forward, which was hard aground…

04 Apr

Containers to be removed in bid to refloat Ever Forward

Rich MillerCasualty NewsSalvage, shipping

(BALTIMORE) — The U.S. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp., in partnership with multiple other responders, have announced a revised strategy to refloat the containership Ever Forward. Salvage experts determined they would not be able to overcome the ground force of Ever Forward in its current loaded condition. The Coast Guard said the new strategy…

31 Mar

Chesapeake dredging resumes after tugs fail to refloat boxship

Rich MillerCasualty NewsCoast Guard, Salvage

(GIBSON ISLAND, Md.) — The containership Ever Forward remained grounded in Chesapeake Bay on Thursday after tugboats failed to free the vessel Tuesday, WBAL TV reported. The U.S. Coast Guard provided an update Thursday, saying the service, the Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp. continue to work to refloat the ship. The Coast Guard says attempts will…

28 Mar

Responders ready to refloat boxship two weeks after grounding

Rich MillerCasualty NewsSalvage

(BALTIMORE) — The U.S. Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and Evergreen Marine Corp., in partnership with multiple state and local responders, will make an initial attempt to refloat the containership Ever Forward on Tuesday at noon following more than a week of dredging operations. Weather conditions at the end of last week resulted in a slight delay in…

24 Mar

NOAA team finds sunken 1800s whaler in Gulf

Rich MillerMaritime NewsSalvage

(WASHINGTON) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and partners on Wednesday announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot-long, two-masted wooden brig open a window into a little known chapter of American history when descendants of African enslaved people and…