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Weather, current not factors in ship collision
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 18:47.
(beaumontenterprise) By the time Eagle Otome's bow cut across the middle of the
Sabine-Neches Waterway, the Dixie Vengeance's leading barge had nowhere
to go but straight into the tanker's massive orange hull, the towboat
captain testified Wednesday. READ MORECoast Guard suspends search for two missing mariners near Rockaways, N.Y.
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:32.(coastguardnews) The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two missing people after a
vessel allegedly capsized in the Rockaways near Queens, N.Y., today
around 10 a.m. READ MORE
Coast Guard rescues man stranded on sandbar
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:07.
(coastguardnews) A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man stranded on a sandbar at the north end of Kiawah Island Sunday afternoon. READ MOREYacht saved from grounding by lifeboat
Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 14:12.
(daily echo) A LIFEBOAT stopped a family's 26ft yacht from grounding on a shingle bank this morning. The RNLI Yarmouth lifeboat was launched at 7.15am to rescue a crew
of two adults and two children after their boat had engine failure and
was drifting dangerously close to the Shingles bank in the western
Solent. READ MOREUpdate on Hijacking of Tug Asta
Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 14:09.(marinelink) The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issued a special report on the
hijacking of the tug Asta and the barge Callista. An earlier report indicated that the tug and barge were
probably hijacked on Feb. 6 off the coast of Malaysia while on a voyage
from Singapore to Cambodia. Alerts were issued seeking information on
these vessels. READ MORE
Survivors of ship sinking reunited with families
Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 13:46.
(thestar) Cold and shivering, Canadian teenagers kept their spirits up by singing
as they bailed water from life rafts for the 42 hours they spent adrift
in the south Atlantic, a teacher said today. READ MORESound Freight Penalized for Discharge
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 21:33.(marinelink) The owner of a tug that released oily bilge water into the Columbia
River last year is being penalized $21,000 by the Washington Department
of Ecology. Sound Freight Lines’ tug Black Hawk discharged an estimated
150 gallons of lubricating and diesel oils while transiting near Willow
Grove on the Columbia River during the morning hours of Jan. 29, 2009. READ MORE
Man gets 15 years for fatal boat crash
Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 14:10.(miamiherald) After deliberating for three hours, a jury on Thursday evening decided
Jeremy Rettman was responsible for the death of a 21-year-old friend
who was killed in a boating accident two years ago. READ MORE
Yacht rescue after engine fire off Guernsey
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 17:00.
(BBC) Four people were rescued after abandoning their yacht when the
engine caught fire a short distance outside St Peter Port harbour
entrance. READ MORE