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NTSB reports on expensive American Mariner strike on navigational aid

A steering system failure led to the 730-foot bulk carrier American Mariner contacting a navigational aid in the St. Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, causing $1.25 million in damage to the light. Damage to the vessel was approximately $800,750.

The National Transportation Safety Board says that the 1980-built, U..S-flagged American Mariner, owned by American Steamship Company and operated by Grand River Navigation Inc., struck the Munuscong Channel Junction Light on March 28, 2024,...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/ntsb-reports-on-expensive-american-mariner-strike-on-navigational-aid/

Self-unloading bulker grounded twice, which proved expensive

In its second recent report on a Great Lakes bulker grounding incident, the National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an April 2023 incident in which the 1973-built, 667-foot-long, self-unloading bulk carrier John J Boland grounded twice in Lake Huron, sustaining over $775,000 in damage.

The incident occurred on April 21, 2023, while the John J Boland, which, like the vessel in the earlier NTSB report, was owned by the American Steamship Company and chartered and operated...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/self-unloading-bulker-grounded-twice-which-proved-expensive/

NTSB reports on $600,000 Great Lakes bulk carrier grounding

Damaged Great Lakes bulk carrier ballast tanks

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on a January 7, 2023, incident in which the 715-foot long, 1980-built Great Lakes bulk carrier American Mariner grounded on shoals, damaging three ballast water tanks. No pollution or injuries were reported, but damage to the vessel was $600,000.

At about 07.34 local time on the day of the accident, the American Mariner, owned by American Steamship Company and operated by Grand River Navigation, had begun transiting outbound in the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/ntsb-reports-on-600000-great-lakes-bulk-carrier-grounding/

Great Lakes ore carrier catches fire at Ohio terminal

A fire broke out on the Great Lakes ore carrier St. Clair while it was moored at Oregon, Ohio, for winter repair work Feb. 16, 2019. Coast Guard photo/MCPO Alan Haraf

A Great Lakes ore carrier tied up at the Port of Toldeo in Ohio was the scene of a Saturday night fire that drew in eight local fire companies but caused no injuries, according to the Coast Guard.

The 770’x92’x30’, 44,800 dwt St. Clair, operated by the American Steamship Company, Williamsville, N.Y., was undergoing winter season repairs and was moored at the CSX Torco terminal in Oregon, Ohio, on Feb. 16 when watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Detroit were notified of the fire at about 9:30...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/great-lakes-ore-carrier-catches-fire-at-ohio-terminal/