By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - About a dozen U.S. sailors are expected to face punishment for a collision in June between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippines cargo ship, including the warship's commanding officer and other senior leaders of the ship, the Navy said on Thursday. Admiral Bill Moran, deputy chief of naval operations, told reporters the … [Read more...]
Modern LNG Carriers Earning More Taking the Scenic Route
By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) -- When the tanker Provalys left Louisiana for Chile last month with a full load of U.S. liquefied natural gas, it sailed around South America instead of taking a shortcut through the expanded Panama Canal. Not only may the route be cheaper without canal transit fees, but advances in technology mean less of the fuel would end up lost at sea … [Read more...]
WATCH: AIS Animation Shows CSCL Jupiter Grounding and Salvage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD-dsAX_o-o Check out this animation from Genscape Vesseltracker showing the AIS track of the 366-meter containership CSCL Jupiter when it ran aground on Monday in the Scheldt river near Antwerp. The video shows the CSCL Jupiter left the dock at the port Antwerp at 0600 UTC (8 a.m. local time) and was underway under its own power … [Read more...]
Large Containership Runs Aground on Scheldt River Near Antwerp – UPDATE
Shipping traffic to and from the port of Antwerp was suspended Monday after a large containership failed to make a turn and ran aground on the Scheldt river. The 366-meter CSCL Jupiter ran aground at about 9:50 local near Bath, Netherlands shortly after departing from the port of Antwerp headed for Hamburg, Germany. The Antwerp Port Authority said the grounding resulted in … [Read more...]
Gigantic Pipes Beach in England After Breaking Free from Tow
Authorities in the UK are monitoring four gigantic plastic pipes that have washed ashore after breaking free while under tow off the east coast of England. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the four pipes are part of a shipment of twelve Norwegian-built plastic pipes under tow to Algeria. Eight sections of pipe remain secured and under control off the East … [Read more...]
Captain Has License Suspended for Failing to Avoid a Collision While Navigating Through Crowd
The captain of a Portland river cruise has had his Merchant Mariners Credential suspended for navigating his vessel through a crowd of watercraft attending an event on the Willamette River on August 1, 2015. An administrative judge with the Coast Guard ruled Tuesday that Lowell Gillespie Jr., the captain of the Portland Spirit, had violated Rule 8 of the Inland Navigation … [Read more...]
USS Fitzgerald to Be Hauled Back to U.S. for Repairs
By Tim Kelly TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Tuesday said it will haul the guided missile destroyer severely damaged in a collision with a freighter in Japanese waters back to the United States for repairs as soon as September. The collision killed seven sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald and ripped a hole below the vessels waterline. Naval engineers in Japan have … [Read more...]