Watch: USCG vessel hits dock in New Orleans

On Monday, a US Coast Guard buoy tender hit the dock, in New Orleans, on the Mississippi River, while carrying the Zulu King and Queen of Mardi Gras and other Zulu royalty for Mardi Gras festivities. The video, published by WWLTV, captures the time of the incident.

A spokesperson for the USCG as quoted by local media noted that all power had cut out as the Pensacola-based Coast Guard cutter ‘USCGC Cypress’ approached the dock.

There were no injuries or pollution as a result form the incident. The...

https://safety4sea.com/watch-uscg-vessel-hits-dock-in-new-orleans/

LPG tanker fire in Kerch Strait extinguished after burning for over a month

A fire on the Tanzanian-flagged LPG tanker ‘Maestro’ in the Black Sea has stopped after one-and-a-half month, according to data provided by Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport.

Ten crew died and another 10 are still missing and presumed dead, due to the fire which erupted on the two Tanzanian-flagged LPG tankers ‘Venice’ and ‘Maestro’, while they were transferring fuel in the Kerch Strait, Russia’s territorial waters, Black Sea, on 21 January.

The fire eventually was...

https://safety4sea.com/lpg-tanker-fire-in-kerch-strait-extinguished-after-burning-for-over-a-month/

Pirates abduct three seafarers from Malta-registered tanker

Pirates off Africa’s western coast attacked a Malta-registered tanker and kidnapped three of its crew members, as reported by Romania’s Free Trade Union of Navigators (SLN) and the Romanian Ministy of Foreign Affairs (MAE).

The tanker ‘Histria Ivory’ run by Romanian crew members was under attack on February 3, when voyaging through the Gulf of Guinea.

The incident took place 20 nautical miles off the port of Lome in Togo.

The majority of the 21 crew members did evade capture. Yet, the attackers...

https://safety4sea.com/pirates-abduct-three-seafarers-from-malta-registered-tanker/

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