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29 Sep

Salvors complete recovery of fallen containers at Port of Long Beach

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, Salvage, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The unified command on Friday announced that all 95 containers that fell overboard from the cargo vessel Mississippi at Pier G have been recovered in and around the Port of Long Beach. Early counts for the number of containers overboard increased from the original estimate as some units were crushed, submerged or hidden from view in…

20 Sep

Tugboat leaks fuel after sinking at Bremerton Marina

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, Tugboats and towing, U.S. Coast Guard

(SEATTLE) — A unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Washington Department of Ecology was established Friday in response to a tugboat sinking at the Bremerton Marina. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received an initial pollution report from the National Response Center regarding the 130-foot tugboat Dominion, which sank at about 4 p.m. Wednesday. It was reported…

19 Sep

Salvors making progress in recovery of Long Beach containers

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsPorts, Salvage, shipping

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — The unified command continues to make progress in salvage operations at the Port of Long Beach following the cargo vessel Mississippi container incident that occurred Sept. 9. The Container Recovery Group, working alongside salvage crews and members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), has recovered 54 containers from the pier and water, up from…

12 Sep

World War II-era yacht sinks near Bremerton

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(SEATTLE) — A unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and Washington Department of Natural Resources has been established to respond to a sunken 108-foot vessel in Sinclair Inlet near Bremerton, Wash. Cairdeas is a wooden hull World War II-era yacht. The Coast Guard received initial reports that the vessel was sinking on Sunday afternoon.…

04 Mar

SS United States, slated to become reef, arrives in Alabama

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsSalvage, Tugboats and towing

(MOBILE, Ala.) — SS United States arrived in Mobile on Monday after an 1,800-mile tow from its berth in Philadelphia. The iconic national symbol and last surviving American ocean liner will now undergo preparations for deployment as the world’s largest artificial reef off Florida’s Gulf Coast near Destin-Fort Walton Beach. In the spirit of its record-breaking history, "America’s flagship" concluded…

12 Jan

Bulker refloated with incoming tide on Delaware River

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(PHILADELPHIA) — The bulk carrier Algoma Verity was refloated Saturday and is moored at Tioga Marine Terminal approximately 2 miles north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Delaware River. At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watch standers received a report from the pilot aboard Algoma Verity stating the vessel had run aground with no injuries. The…

20 Dec

Bulker refloated three weeks after St. Lawrence grounding

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(MASSENA, N.Y.) — A Canadian-flagged bulk carrier that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River three weeks ago was refloated Monday after lightering and assistance from three tugboats. The 738-foot Tim S. Dool, loaded with Canadian wheat and en route from Port Weller, Ontario, to Quebec, grounded on Nov. 23 outside the navigation channel on the U.S. side of the…

09 Dec

Seattle fireboat extinguishes burning vessel in Elliott Bay

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsFireboats, Salvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(SEATTLE) — The U.S. Coast Guard, Seattle Fire Department, Washington State Ferries and good Samaritans responded to a vessel on fire in Elliott Bay on Sunday afternoon. The Coast Guard launched a 45-foot response boat-medium and a 29-foot response boat-small from Station Seattle after received reports of a recreational vessel on fire in the vicinity of Duwamish Head Light near…

08 Nov

SS United States scheduled to leave on final voyage

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsSalvage

(PHILADELPHIA) — SS United States, a fixture on the Philadelphia waterfront, will leave the city permanently next week after nearly three decades in port, WHYY/NPR reported. On Nov. 14, tugboats will cast lines to the former ocean liner to prepare to remove the ship from the dock in South Philadelphia, where it has resided since 1996. After moving the ship…

28 Oct

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

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Salvage

(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…