Salvors making progress in recovery of Long Beach containers
19 Sep

Salvors making progress in recovery of Long Beach containers

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, ,
(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…
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World War II-era yacht sinks near Bremerton
12 Sep

World War II-era yacht sinks near Bremerton

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News,
(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.…
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SS United States, slated to become reef, arrives in Alabama
04 Mar

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

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(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…
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Bulker refloated with incoming tide on Delaware River
12 Jan

Bulker refloated with incoming tide on Delaware River

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(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…
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Bulker refloated three weeks after St. Lawrence grounding
20 Dec

Bulker refloated three weeks after St. Lawrence grounding

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(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…
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Seattle fireboat extinguishes burning vessel in Elliott Bay
09 Dec

Seattle fireboat extinguishes burning vessel in Elliott Bay

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(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…
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Dali companies to pay $102 million to settle U.S. lawsuit
28 Oct

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

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News,
(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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