Bonnie G

NTSB determines cause of Bonnie G grounding

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into the October 4, 2023, grounding of the former OSV Bonnie G, half a mile south of the Cyril E. King airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The agency finds that an anchor chain failure was the cause of the Bonnie G grounding, which occurred during Tropical Storm Phillippe and started a 26-day salvage saga in the height of the hurricane season.

The 172-foot-long, Vanuatu-flagged vessel was originally delivered as an offshore...

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VIDEO: Bonnie G refloated and relocated

An incident that began on October 4 with the rescue of 12 people from a vessel that grounded half a mile south of the Cyril E. King airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands during Tropical Storm Phillippe, has reached a successful conclusion. The vessel, the 195-foot Vanuatu-flagged RO/RO cargo vessel Bonnie G, originally delivered in 1981 as an OSV, has been refloated and relocated. It is now safely moored at the Crown Bay Sandfill dock in St. Thomas.

That came after a 26-day saga played out...

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VIDEO: Bonnie G fuel removal gets underway

The response to the Bonnie G grounding incident is making progress off Cyril E. King Airport, in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands with fuel removal starting. The 195-foot Vanuatu-flagged RO/RO cargo vessel, originally delivered in 1981 as an OSV and managed by West Palm Beach, Fla., based MMS Americas LLC., grounded there October 4 during Tropical Storm Philippe, when all 12 people on board had to be rescued.

Since then, response efforts have been ongoing and, on Sunday, the Harvey Gulf...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/salvage/video-bonnie-g-fuel-removal-gets-underway/

Bonnie G grounding response continues

Bonnie G grounding response personnel

U.S. Coast Guard Southeast reports that crews responding to the Bonnie G grounding incident conducted successful salvage and dive operations over this past weekend off Cyril E. King Airport, in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

The 195-foot Vanuatu-flagged RO/RO cargo vessel, originally delivered in 1981 as an OSV and managed by West Palm Beach, Fla., based MMS Americas LLC., grounded there October 4 during Tropical Storm Philippe, when all 12 people on board had to be rescued.

Over the weekend,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/salvage/bonnie-g-grounding-response-continues/

Response to grounded cargo vessel Bonnie G continues

The Coast Guard today established a safety zone around the Bonnie G, the cargo vessel that grounded Wednesday just south of the airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. All 12 persons aboard the vessel were rescued, and no injuries were reported to the Coast Guard.

The safety zone will extend one quarter mile around the Bonnie G for the duration of the response. Commercial and recreational vessels are advised to remain clear of this area for their safety and the safety of response crews...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/response-to-grounded-cargo-vessel-bonnie-g-continues/

USCG rescues 12 from grounded cargo vessel

grounded cargo vessel

A Coast Guard boat crew rescued 12 people, Wednesday morning, after they were forced to abandon the grounded cargo vessel M/V Bonnie G which was taking on water and had run aground just south of the airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

All 12 persons aboard the Bonnie G, a 195-foot Vanuatu-flagged RO/RO cargo vessel, are safe and no injuries have been reported to the Coast Guard.

According to the Equasis data base, the Bonnie G was originally built in 1981 as an offshore service vessel and...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/uscg-rescues-12-from-grounded-cargo-vessel/