NTSB issues report on fishing vessel stranding and loss

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on a December 10, 2019, incident in which, at about 7.00 a.m., the fishing vessel Miss Annie was transiting out of

VIDEO: USCG cutter tows disabled fishing vessel to safety

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma has safely towed a disabled fishing vessel, located 160 nautical miles East of Nantucket, Mass., to safety. Tahoma received a report at 10:26 p.m. Sunday

Hawaii: USCG responds to grounded fishing vessel

U.S. Coast Guard 14th District reports that responders are working to remove potential pollutants from the 63-foot commercial fishing vessel, Midway Island, currently aground off Hilo, Hawaii. The Coast Guard is working

Coast Guard investigates collision off Oahu

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a reported collision of two vessels approximately 20 miles southeast of Oahu, Wednesday. The commercial fishing vessel, Helen, reportedly collided with the Italian-flagged Liquid Propane Gas

Wärtsilä to design and power advanced fishing vessel for Scottish owner

JANUARY 22, 2019 — Wärtsilä will provide the ship design, the main engine and other propulsion equipment for a new state of the art fishing vessel to be built at the Balenciaga

Rolls-Royce to design and equip advanced stern trawler

JANUARY 2, 2019 — Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to deliver the ship design and an extensive range of equipment for a 70 m stern trawler ordered by AS, based in Troms

Forty year old fishing vessel gets a heart transplant

DECEMBER 18, 2018 — A fishing vessel originally delivered as a purse seiner in 1978 by Allied Shipyards of North Vancouver, BC, has recently been given a heart transplant in the form

Thoma-Sea to build advanced Rolls-Royce design pelagic trawler

JUNE 11, 2018 — Houma, LA, shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce Marine for the development of a state-of-the-art pelagic trawler. The 100 meter-long vessel is to

$414,000 civil penalties in fishing vessel pollution case

MAY 7, 2018 — An August 17, 2017 incident in which the 63 ft U.S. flagged fishing vessel Challenge sank in New Bedford harbor causing a major fuel spill today had its

Oil and garbage offenses off American Samoa bring $2.5 million penalty

AUGUST 30, 2017 — Yuh Fa Fishery (Vanuatu) Co. Ltd., a fishing company operating in and around American Samoa was convicted and sentenced today for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to

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