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Crew Desert 'Arrested Ship,' Plead in India High Court

Apr 10, 2013

In a courtroom drama the captain of the Korean ship told the court the abandoned ship's engine room was flooded and there was danger of a capsize.MV OSM Arena had been anchored off the Port of Chennai since February 2010 following cases filed…

Trans-Atlantic Rowers Rescued by USCG, Amver Ship

Apr 08, 2013

Four Canadian Wildlife Foundation rowers, 73 days into their Dakar to Miami attempt, rescued after ther row boat capsized.Coast Guard rescue crews combined efforts with the 800-foot Panamanian flag automobile carrier, Heijin, and the 600-foot Russian flag chemical-tankship…

Loss of 'USS Thresher' Remembered 50 Years On

Apr 07, 2013

Family members & dignatories join in Portsmouth, Maine, to remember the loss on sea trials of the nuclear-powered attack submarine.On April 10, 1963, Thresher began post-overhaul trials following lengthy testing and throughout evaluation of…

'Carnival Triumph' Blown off Berth in Repair Shipyard

Apr 04, 2013

Strong winds parted the cruise ship's moorings in the BAE shipyard, setting her adrift in the Mobile River until assisted by tugs. One shipyard worker reported missing and is being searched for by Coast Guard Sector Mobile, while one other employee was recovered safely…

Bulk Carrier Catches Fire, Sinks off Oman

Apr 03, 2013

The Liberian-flag bulker 'Atlantik Confidence' reported an engine room fire and sank over the Easter week-end.Rescue of the 21-member Turkish crew was supervised by USS Nicholas which was dispatched from routine NATO Task Force counter-piracy operations in the area…

Disabled Motor Tankship Towed Off Bridge

Apr 01, 2013

The tankship 'Harbour Feature' towed free of the Sarah Long Bridge, on the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth, N.H. after drifting alongside the bridge. Tug boats were able to safely tow the 473-foot, Portuguese-flagged, motor vessel Harbour…

Timber-carrier Refloated After Fortnight on Beach

Apr 01, 2013

The 'MV Danio' has been successfully re-floated off the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, on the coast of NE England.Checks are still being made but so far there are no reports of any pollution, reports the Maritime and Coastguard Agency…

Amver Bulker Stands By Dismasted Catamaran

Apr 01, 2013

French catamaran dismasted in the South Atlantic sparked a search effort involving Coast Guard aircraft and an Amver ship.The crew of the 109-ft catamaran Mouse Trap activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) after…

Sunken Fishing Vessel Identified 8,920-ft Down

Mar 25, 2013

The Coast Guard has identified a sunken fishing vessel missing since 1972.The Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel Falkor in concert with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management found an unknown sonar target object December 2012, and sent a remote operating vehicle (ROV) to investigate…

Puerto Rico Towing Assists 'Run Out of Gas' Ship

Mar 20, 2013

Tugs 'Triton' and 'Honcho' of the Puerto Rico Towing & Barge Co. recently assisted a drifting vessel off the coast of Puerto Rico.The cargo ship Global Destiny, owned and operated by Diavlos Maritime based in Athen, Greece, called for assistance the morning of Saturday…

Container Ship Capsizes in E. China Sea

Mar 19, 2013

Rescuers have retrieved 11 bodies and are searching for two missing crew members after a container ship sank off east China.The Beihai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport dispatched two rescue vessels and a helicopter to the seawater area 40 nautical miles northeast of Longkou…

GoM Pipeline Fire Update

Mar 18, 2013

Lightering operations completed, flaring operations continue on the pipeline fire.The Coast Guard & assisting agencies continue response operations for a tug and barge that struck the pipeline near Bayou Perot.After the barge was removed from the scene and taken to a secure location…

Timber-carrier Aground on UK's Farne Islands

Mar 18, 2013

'MV Danio' is stranded on the Blue Caps rocks on an island off the Northumberland coast, with a metre wide hole below the water line.Salvage crews were deciding on Sunday how to rescue an 80m-long ship which ran aground near a lighthouse in an important wildlife haven…

GofM Pipeline Fire Update

Mar 15, 2013

Personnel from T&T Salvage aboard the Todd Michael spud barge are on scene for cooling operations of the tank barge. Response operations continue for a tug and barge that allided with a pipeline near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans Thursday…

Pipeline Fire, Bayou Perot, News Update

Mar 13, 2013

Responders prepare salvage, firefighting & pollution contingencies for a tug and barge that allided with a pipeline near Bayou Pero, south of New Orleans.The fire reportedly has reduced in size by approximately 30 percent, and there are no reports of oil in the water…

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