Two die after tugboat sinks in storm on British Columbia coast
02 May

Two die after tugboat sinks in storm on British Columbia coast

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Two mariners died and a third suffered serious injuries after their tugboat sank in a remote British Columbia waterway during a strong winter storm. Capt. Troy Pearson and deck hands Charley Cragg and Zac Dolan were aboard the 36-foot Ingenika when it capsized in the Gardner Canal near Kemano while towing the 200-foot barge Miller 204. The tug’s emergency beacon activated…
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TSB: Pilot’s errant orders to tugs led boxship to hit crane, berth
22 Dec

TSB: Pilot’s errant orders to tugs led boxship to hit crane, berth

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The pilot guiding a containership into the Port of Vancouver inadvertently gave opposite instructions to the tugboats assisting the ship into the terminal, Canadian authorities said, and attempts to reverse the mistake came too late. The Panama-flagged Ever Summit struck a gantry crane and berth infrastructure on Jan. 28, 2019 at 0401 while docking at Global Container Terminals’ (GCT) Vanterm…
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