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BP Tells Investors That Oil Spill Settlement May Cost Billions More than Expected

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Jones Act,Louisiana Maritime News,World Maritime News on March 12, 2013

NEW ORLEANS, La. – According to an article from Courthouse News, BP told their shareholders that a new court order could force them to make “substantially higher” payments than the initially projected $7.8 billions.

U.S. Coast Guard Report Cites Captain Error in 2012 Tugboat Sinking in Portsmouth Maine

Posted in Maine Maritime News,Maritime Accidents,Tug Boat Accidents,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 8, 2013

PORTSMOUTH. ME. — The U.S. Coast Guard released a report to Foster’s Daily Democrat on February 28, 2013, detailing the sinking of the Benjamin Bailey, the tugboat that capsized on October 24, 2012 in Portsmouth. The report cited human error, stating that the captain failed to maneuver the ship into a new position after high… read more

U.S. Coast Guard Works to Refloat Supply Vessel Grounded Off Coast of San Jose Island, Texas

Posted in Texas Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on March 5, 2013

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In a news release on the U.S. Coast Guard website, posted March 4, the Coast Guard reported that they were working with local agencies and International Offshore Services to refloat an oil rig platform supply vessel after it ran aground on San Jose Island, Monday, with four people aboard.

Fire Breaks Out On Coast Guard Cutter Bear Moored at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth VA

Posted in US Coast Guard (USCG),Virginia Maritime News on March 1, 2013

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A news release was sent out on Feb. 28, 2013 by the U.S.Coast Guard about a fire that broke out aboard the Portsmouth-based Cutter Bear. The reports states that the U.S. Coast Guard and Portsmouth Fire Department responded Thursday to a fire aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bear, while moored at Coast… read more

Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology Respond to Listing Barge Near Tacoma

Posted in Barge Accidents,Washington Maritime News on February 26, 2013

TACOMA, Wash. — Two government agencies, The Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology, responded to a listing barge in Commencement Bay near Tacoma, Washington on Sunday, Feb. 24, after receiving a report around 1:15 p.m. that a 250’ Amix Marine Services barge, from Canada, was listing and possibly taking on water. The barge had… read more

New Rules Restrict Large Ships from Traveling Under San Francisco Bay Bridge in Heavy Fog

Posted in California Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Maritime Accidents on February 22, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Coast Guard and local officials have set new rules that restrict cargo ships, oil tankers and other large vessels from traveling near to the Bay Bridge when in heavy fog when visibility is less than half a mile, in hopes of avoiding future crashes similar to several recent cargo ship… read more

Barge Accident at Baton Rouge Port Spills Oil

Posted in Barge Accidents,Louisiana Maritime News on February 19, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Coast Guard responded to a barge accident that happened on Monday, Feb. 18 on the Mississippi River near the Interstate 10 bridge in Baton Rouge that caused oil to spill.

Four Tugboats Pull Stranded Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph Toward Port of Mobile (VIDEO)

Posted in Alabama Maritime News,Maritime Accidents,Texas Maritime News on February 14, 2013

MOBILE. Ala. — The stranded Carnival cruise ship Triumph is now being pulled by four tugboats and is expected to arrive at Post of Mobile late Thursday night. The cruise ship became stranded on Sunday, Feb. 17, when an engine room fire broke out leaving  4,200-passengers aboard the Triumph without any propulsion. The fire was… read more

Coast Guard MSD Kodiak Responds to Sunken Research Vessel in Kodiak Alaska

Posted in Alaska Maritime News on February 11, 2013

KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak rescue crews arrived on the scene of an accident on Friday, Feb. 8, after receiving a report at about 3:50 a.m. that the FWS research vessel Arluk began sinking in St. Herman’s Harbor in Kodiak. The vessel was reported to have about 1500 gallons of diesel… read more

Shipping Resumes On Mississippi River After Barge Accident Closed Lock Near Granite Illinois

Posted in Barge Accidents,Illinois Maritime News,Maritime Accidents on February 7, 2013

ST. LOUIS — Shipping has resumed on an important stretch of the Mississippi River Wednesday, Feb. 6, after this week’s closure of Lock and Dam 27 near Granite City, Ill. Speedy repairs were made to the lock that was damaged as a result of a barge accident that damaged a gate on an auxiliary lock… read more