09 Jun

NTSB: Lack of communication on bulk carrier led to allision with grain elevator

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, Industry News
The following is text from a marine accident brief from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB): Executive summary ​The 738-foot-long bulk carrier Anna Smile allided with the Louis Dreyfus grain elevator in Houston, Texas, at 0504 local time on July 14, 2014, while maneuvering during docking operations. Damage to the grain elevator and its foundation was estimated at $2.5 million.…
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03 Jun

Gas pipeline ruptured, towing vessel damaged in Arkansas River accident

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, Industry News, Maritime News, Tugboats & Towing
The following is the text of a press release issued by the U.S. Coast Guard:   (NEW ORLEANS) - The Coast Guard is responding to a ruptured pipeline on the Arkansas River, Tuesday. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River received a report from Jeffery Sand Company Monday of an incident at mile marker 117.3 of the Arkansas River…
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03 Jun

Coast Guard removes commanding officer after cutter grounding

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, Industry News, Maritime News, Tugboats & Towing
The following is the text of a press release issued by the U.S. Coast Guard:   (BOSTON) – The Coast Guard on Friday permanently relieved Senior Chief Petty Officer Christopher Bouchard as the officer in charge of the Coast Guard Cutter Moray, homeported in Jonesport, Maine. Rear Adm. William G. Kelly, from Coast Guard Personnel Command, Washington, D.C., officially relieved Bouchard, who…
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Columbia pilot intentionally grounds bulk carrier after engine failure
01 Jun

Columbia pilot intentionally grounds bulk carrier after engine failure

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, Publication > Professional Mariner
Capt. Bradley Warner was guiding the bulk carrier Miyama outbound on the Columbia River when the ship’s steering suddenly stopped responding. Warner, of the Columbia River Pilots, looked down and saw the tachometer dropping. The captain’s call to the engine room confirmed the ship had lost power, Warner wrote in his report to the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots. The…
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01 Jun

Three hurt while trying to secure chemical drums in rough seas

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Three crewmembers needed to be airlifted from a bulk carrier after two suffered chemical burns and a third suffered a knee injury during a cleaning operation in heavy weather.  A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hoisted the trio from the pitching deck of Almasi, which was 52 miles west of the Columbia River Bar on Feb. 5. Coast Guard Chief Petty…
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01 Jun

NTSB: Autopilot confusion likely caused ITB to run into docked cutter

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The integrated tug-barge (ITB) Krystal Sea/Cordova Provider was approaching port in Cordova, Alaska, in heavy fog when the captain realized there was a problem: The vessel was going too fast. Although he had more than 40 years of maritime experience, the captain had only a week aboard Krystal Sea. He reduced the throttle and rotated the azimuthing stern drives (ASDs)…
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MTBE leaks into Texas channel after tanker, bulk carrier collide
01 Jun

MTBE leaks into Texas channel after tanker, bulk carrier collide

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A hazardous chemical leaked from a tanker that collided with a bulk carrier in the Houston Ship Channel. Two dock workers were taken to a hospital after being exposed to fumes. The Danish chemical tanker Carla Maersk was damaged in the March 9 collision with Conti Peridot near Morgan’s Point. Fog and mist prevailed at the time. The 623-foot, Liberian-flagged…
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