Maersk Mumbai aground

Maersk containership runs aground

Initial efforts to refloat a 400 meter long Maersk containership that ran aground last night were unsuccessful. The vessel, the Mumbai Maersk was en route for Bremerhaven from Rotterdam when, at around

rivRiverboat American Jazz remains aground

Passengers taken off grounded riverboat

All 120 passengers aboard American Jazz, the river cruise vessel that grounded near Canton, Ky., July 8, were transferred safely to shore Friday, along with eight crewmembers. No medical concerns were noted

Riverboat with two towboats

VIDEO: River cruise vessel runs aground

A riverboat cruise turned into somewhat of an adventure cruise yesterday when passengers found the vessel had gotten stuck on a sandbar near Barkley Bridge on Lake Barkley, Ky., during a seven-day

Alaska fuel barge gets stuck in mud

The Coast Guard was responding yesterday to a fuel barge that settled in the mud and began to show signs of structural stress while offloading petroleum product on the Naknek River in

“Good progress” in efforts to refloat ship aground in Orkney Islands

JULY 24, 2018 — Efforts to prepare for the refloating of a Wagenborg cargo ship grounded in the Orkney Islands since July 18 are continuing. The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard agency reports

Grounded Rand Logistics self-unloader successfully refloated

AUGUST 14, 2017 — U.S. Coast Guard 9th District, Great Lakes, reports that the 629 ft self-unloading bulker Calumet, a 629-foot ship that ran aground on the north side of Sugar Island

Ship aground in Sweden’s Gota River

MARCH 10, 2017 — The 3,171 dwt Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Skagern has run aground in the Gota River southwest of the locks in Trollhättan, Sweden. The Swedish Maritime Administration reports that

Beaufort Inlet Channel open after bulker refloated

NOVEMBER 18, 2016 — The Coast Guard reports that it worked with the owner of a grounded 37,648 dwt Maltese-flag bulker to ensure its safe refloating after the vessel ran aground in

MOL operated containership runs aground

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reported yesterday that the 4,600 TEU MOL-operated containership MOL Express, on charter from Seaspan Corporation, ran aground in shallow water in Tateyama Harbor, Chiba

Grounded laker refloated

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 — The American Spirit, a 1,004-foot freighter that had been hard aground in the Straits of Mackinac since Thursday afternoon (see earlier story), was refloated early Friday morning. Today,