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Multiple people missing in Alaska fishing vessel capsize

The Coast Guard and Good Samaritans have been searching since Sunday for a number of people from a fishing vessel that reportedly capsized near Couverden Point, Alaska.

Coast Guard watchstanders have received reports from individuals familiar with those aboard the vessel that indicate there were five people aboard. This number has not been confirmed and is subject to change pending new information.

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska watchstanders received a mayday call at 12:10 a.m. on VHF...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/multiple-people-missing-in-alaska-fishing-vessel-capsize/

U.K. MAIB reports on deadly capsize of tug Biter

The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has now published its accident investigation report into the girting [girding] and capsize of the tug Biter off Greenock, Scotland on February 2023. Biter was attached to the stern of the passenger vessel Hebridean Princess and the tug’s two crew were unable to escape from the capsized vessel and lost their lives.

VIDEO: TSB Canada warns on girding risks facing tugs

Girding or girting, depending on which side of the Atlantic you are on,...

https://www.marinelog.com/uncategorized/u-k-maib-reports-on-deadly-capsize-of-tug-biter/

NTSB releases its findings on what caused dredge WB Wood to capsize

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into the January16, 2023 flooding and eventual capsizing of the Wood Resources LLC non-propelled dredge WB Wood during sand dredging operations near mile 85 on the Lower Mississippi River. An estimated 5,000 gallons of fuel were released and the 1983-built dredge was subsequently declared a $1.5 million total loss. Though there were no injuries, the vessel’s sole person on board as it started to capsize, the night leverman, had to...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/ntsb-releases-its-findings-on-what-caused-dredge-wb-wood-to-capsize/

Bilge alarms did not sound, fishing vessel Hotspur capsized and sank

In its latest report on a fishing vessel accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that flooding into the lazarette, a compartment below the main deck, or port void (empty) space likely caused the 1998-built, 53-feet long fishing vessel Hotspur to lose stability, capsize and sink near Nunez Rocks, Alaska.

Hotspur began listing to port when it was transiting through Dixon Entrance near Nunez Rocks, off the southern tip of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska on August 2,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/bilge-alarms-did-not-sound-fishing-vessel-hotspur-capsized-and-sank/

2 more bodies recovered after Seacor Power capsizing

The U.S. Coast Guard announced the recovery of two more bodies from a boat that capsized Tuesday off the coast of Louisiana.

A total of 19 crew members were on board the Seacor Power, a commercial lift boat, when it overturned during rough weather 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.

Six crew members were rescued Tuesday. Two bodies were recovered by Thursday, with two more found Friday, the Coast Guard announced.

The Coast Guard said it is continuing to search for the nine missing crew...

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