Coast Guard responds to OSV grounding
MARCH 8, 2017 — Coast Guard crews are coordinating salvage efforts for an offshore service vessel aground off the west Cameron Jetties, Cameron Parish, LA. At 7:20 a.m. today Vessel Traffic Service
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Coast Guard responds to Alaska tug grounding
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 — A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan Response Boat—Medium crew and Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan pollution team responded to the tug boat Samson Mariner when it ran aground while towing
MPA Singapore reports on BatamFast ferry grounding
NOVEMBER 25, 2016 — The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has issued its Investigation Report on last year’s grounding of the Indonesian registered passenger ferry MV Sea Prince, operated by
Spill from grounded Kirby ATB threatens BC clam beds
OCTOBER 14, 2016 — A Kirby Corporation articulated tug/barge southbound from Alaska ran aground at Edge Reef, in Seaforth Channel near Athlone Island, British Columbia just after 1 a.m. PT, yesterday. Although
TSB Canada investigates passenger boat grounding
OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Less than a year after a whale watching vessel operated by Jamie’s Whaling Station, Tofino, BC, capsized with the loss of six lives (see earlier story) another of
VIDEO: Transocean semi grounds off Scotland
AUGUST 8, 2016 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch has launched an investigation into the grounding of the semi-submersible Transocean Winner on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in
VIDEO: Tropical storm grounds glass bottom boat
JULY 25, 2016 — As Tropical Storm Darby lashed through Hawaii, the Coast Guard was yesterday responding to the grounding of the 65 ft glass bottom boat Spirit of Kona on the
Ice floe, delayed crew response, led to laker grounding
JUNE 28, 2016 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has determined that delays in responding after the vessel dragged anchor due to contact with an ice floe contributed to the
Over reliance on GPS poses dangers
MAY 12, 2016 — Warning that vessels’ over-reliance on GPS as a navigational tool may be a danger, the UK P&I Club is encouraging navigating officers to also practice traditional methods of
VIDEO: Damaged bulker completes river transit
MARCH 24, 2016 — The 54,881 dwt Panamanian flagged bulk carrier Sparna is now awaiting repairs pierside in North Kalama, WA, after briefly grounding near river marker 36 in Oregon on Monday