Salvage – Professional Mariner

16 Apr

Fourth body recovered after Baltimore bridge collapse

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — The Unified Command recovered the body of another missing victim, the fourth of six, at the Francis Scott Key Bridge incident site Sunday. The bridge collapsed after being hit by the containership Dali on March 26. At the request of the family, the victim’s name is not being disclosed at this time. The victim, a construction worker, was…

11 Apr

Baltimore bridge investigators focusing on Dali’s electrical system

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, Salvage

(WASHINGTON) — Federal safety investigators are focusing on the electrical system of the containership Dali, which struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, collapsing the span and plunging six construction workers to their deaths, The Baltimore Sun reported. Investigators, who are still aboard the 984-foot boxship, are searching in the ship’s engine room for an explanation as to…

03 Apr

Key Bridge update: Second alternate channel established

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

(BALTIMORE) — The captain of the port (COTP) on Tuesday established a second temporary alternate channel on the southwest side of the main channel near Hawkins Point in the vicinity of the Francis Scott Key Bridge for commercially essential vessels. The bridge collapsed March 26 after being hit by the containership Dali. This action is part of a phased approach…

02 Apr

First vessel transits temporary Baltimore bridge channel

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

(BALTIMORE) — The tugboat Crystal Coast, pushing a fuel barge, transited the temporary alternate channel created by the Key Bridge Response Unified Command at 3 p.m. Monday. It is the first vessel to use the channel since the bridge collapsed into the federal waterway on Tuesday. The barge is used to supply jet fuel to the Department of Defense (DOD)…

01 Apr

Army Corps leading effort to clear Baltimore bridge debris

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage

(BALTIMORE) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District has activated its emergency operations center, clearing the way for engineering, construction, contracting and operations specialists to begin the complex process of clearing the damage and debris along the Fort McHenry Channel following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, to restore safe navigation in and out of…

06 Mar

Resolve Marine posts strong 2023 on U.S. West Coast

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry NewsFire response, Salvage

(DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska) — Resolve Marine, a global leader in ship and vessel salvage and rescue, emergency response and specialized marine services, has announced that business across its U.S. West Coast region ended 2023 on a high note, demonstrating substantial growth. The region offers aviation services out of Anchorage, Alaska; shipyard, dry dock and marine services in Dutch Harbor, Alaska;…

23 Jan

New funding to aid removal of derelict vessels in Canada

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsSalvage, Transport Canada

(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — Abandoned and wrecked vessels can be harmful to the environment and to public safety. Through Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan, the federal government made abandoning a vessel illegal in Canada and it is taking action to remove abandoned and wrecked vessels from Canadian waters and protecting the nation's coasts and waterways. On Jan. 16, Patrick Weiler, member…

12 Jan

Crews begin removing petroleum from sunken 1940s tug

Professional Mariner StaffTugboats & TowingSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(SAN FRANCISCO) — Contractors under the direction of a unified command will begin petroleum removal efforts on the tugboat Mazapeta today. Mazapeta, a 1940s-era military tugboat, sank Sept. 4, 2023, in Little Potato Slough in the San Joaquin Delta northwest of Stockton, Calif. Approximately 1,600 gallons of diesel and engine oil were reported on board at the time of the…

31 Dec

Bulk carrier with lithium-ion batteries catches fire off Alaska

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(JUNEAU, Alaska) — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a vessel on fire approximately 225 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor on Friday. At 4:40 a.m. Thursday, the 17th Coast Guard District Command Center in Juneau received report of a cargo hold fire aboard the bulk carrier Genius Star XI. The Coast Guard directed Genius Star XI to continue toward Dutch Harbor…

28 Nov

Derelict tugboat sinks at pier in San Juan Islands

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, UncategorizedSalvage, Tugboats and towing

(SEATTLE) — Crews from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, Washington Department of Ecology, and the Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) responded to the sinking of the 80-foot vessel El Capitan at West Sound Marina on Orcas Island on Nov. 18. Watch standers at Sector Puget Sound command center received notification Nov. 18 from the West Sound Marina that El Capitan,…