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  • Pilot left helm: Towboat damage totaled $2M

    Pilot left helm: Towboat damage totaled $2M When the pilot left the helm of a towboat unattended for 5 minutes, the consequences were costly, according to a just-releases National Transportation Safety Board report The incident involved the 138-foot long, 1962-built towboat City of Louisville, owned by Ceres Tank Barge LLC and operated by Reliant Maritime…

  • Grounded bulker Algoma Verity successfully refloated

    Grounded bulker Algoma Verity successfully refloated U.S. Coast Guard Fifth District reported Saturday that the M/V Algoma Verity had been refloated and was moored at Tioga Marine Terminal, approximately two miles north of Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Delaware River. As we reported previously, at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, Coast Guard Sector Delaware…

  • Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker sinks, another runs aground in Kerch Strait

    Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker sinks, another runs aground in Kerch Strait Two tankers linked to the so-called Russian ‘shadow fleet’ encountered a storm near the Kerch Strait and were heavily damaged. As a result, one of the vessels split into two and sank while the other one ran aground. The post Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker…