Federal investigators determined that “higher-than-average current speed” was a contributing factor in a New Year’s Day bridge strike on the Des Plaines River southwest of Chicago. The 1,200-hp towboat William C. was downbound with six loaded barges when the pilot…
(MILWAUKEE,) — Port Milwaukee's oldest workboat, Harbor Seagull, began taking on water over the weekend and sank Monday morning, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. City officials called the sinking a "significant and unexpected mishap." No one was injured and port…
(KITIMAT, British Columbia) — Two mariners are dead and another one was rescued after a tugboat capsized southeast of Kitimat early Thursday morning, the Terrace Standard reported. A tugboat owned by Wainwright Marine Services in Prince Rupert was towing a…
(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a marine accident brief on its investigation into the accident involving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier Levant, which occurred on Dec. 15, 2019, at the Petrogas Ferndale Wharf in Ferndale,…
(HALIFAX, Nova Scotia) — A crew of Filipino sailors was recovering in Halifax on Monday after a harrowing weekend at sea left one member dead and three others injured, CBC News reported. The bulk carrier Giulia I was reportedly hit…
(STURGEON BAY, Wis.) — Firefighters from around the area were at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding on Monday morning to put out a fire on a bulk carrier in winter lay-up, the Door County Daily News reported. The fire broke out at…
(ANACORTES, Wash.) — M/V Chilkat, which came to rest on the bottom of the Guemes Channel during a windstorm two weeks ago, was lifted by a crane and placed onto a barge Wednesday afternoon, GoSkagit.com reported. The salvage drew a…
(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that one of the barges helping clear the federal Superfund site in Brooklyn’s infamous Gowanus Canal of toxic waste has itself sunk, Gizmodo reported. The dredging effort employs excavators mounted…
(NEW ORLEANS) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing person Wednesday in the Lower Mississippi River near Jefferson Heights in Jefferson Parish, La. Missing is Elisander Alvardo, 44, last seen wearing coveralls and no life jacket.…
(LOS ANGELES) — A Maersk ship carrying goods from China to the United States lost about 750 containers in the Pacific Ocean during heavy weather, The Business Times reported. The containers fell from Maersk Essen on Jan. 16 while the…
(VALDEZ, Alaska) — A tugboat struck the Polar Endeavour oil tanker shortly before midnight on Jan. 11 at the Valdez Marine Terminal, gashing the hull of the ship and injuring one crewmember on the tugboat, the Anchorage Daily News reported.…
(SEATTLE) — The U.S. Coast Guard responded Wednesday to a sunken pier and multiple vessels affected by high winds and tidal surges created by a storm that moved across the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday. The 300-by-50-foot concrete floating pier submerged…
