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23 May

Former cruise ship sinks at California mooring, discharges oil

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSalvage, U.S. Coast Guard

(SAN FRANCISCO) — A Unified Command with representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response and the city of Stockton has been formed to respond to a sinking vessel in Little Potato Slough near Stockton. A report to the California Office of Emergency Services on Wednesday indicated Aurora, a non-operational…

20 May

Dali moved from Key Bridge channel, towed to terminal

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Salvage

(BALTIMORE) — Salvors working with the Key Bridge Response Unified Command refloated and moved the containership Dali on Monday at approximately 7 a.m. With the assistance of five tugboats and other support vessels, the ship was towed and pushed 2.5 miles, arriving at a local marine terminal at approximately 9 a.m. Dali had been pinned under debris from the Francis…

20 May

Barge removed, Galveston bridge reopens after allision

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

(GALVESTON, Texas) — The Unified Command, consisting of Martin Marine, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office, continues to respond to the incident that occurred Wednesday when a Martin Marine-owned barge struck the Pelican Island Bridge. On Friday, T&T Group personnel successfully removed the barge from the bridge. The barge is secured, and no additional oil discharged…

17 May

Preparations continue for refloating Dali in Baltimore

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

(BALTIMORE) — Unified Command officials continued to evaluate the containership Dali on Thursday in preparation for refloating the vessel and clearing the federal channel. The ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26 while exiting the Port of Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse. Unified Command officials have evaluated sonar and lidar imagery but are awaiting results from…

08 May

Salvors to use explosives to clear debris from boxship Dali

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

(BALTIMORE) — The Key Bridge Response Unified Command is scheduled to use precision cuts made with small explosive charges to remove a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from on top of the containership Dali. The vessel struck the bridge on March 26, causing it to collapse. Six highway workers who were on the span at the…

29 Apr

Officials detail month of progress after bridge collapse

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

(BALTIMORE) — One month has passed since the Singaporean-flagged containership Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which connects Hawkins Point and Dundalk, Md., resulting in the bridge’s collapse into the lower Patapsco River. This incident brought all maritime traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore to a standstill. During the incident involving Dali, eight road crew workers,…

26 Apr

Fourth channel allows deep-draft ships to depart Baltimore

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

(BALTIMORE) — The captain of the port on Thursday established a fourth channel, the Fort McHenry Limited Access Channel, which will run the length of the northeast side of the federal channel at the Francis Scott Key Bridge and provide additional access to commercially essential traffic. The bridge collapsed on March 26 after being hit by the containership Dali. The…

23 Apr

Baltimore lawsuit: Dali ‘unseaworthy’ before bridge strike

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsNTSB, Ports, Salvage, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

(BALTIMORE) — The mayor and city council of Baltimore have filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, causing its collapse and killing six people working on it at the time, Reuters reported. The lawsuit, filed in Maryland federal court on Monday, seeks unspecified damages from the registered…

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…