Over the years, there’s been much discussion about ECDIS-assisted groundings. A recently released accident report from the U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) could just add the term “Jägermeister-assisted grounding” to maritime lore.
The MAIB report covers a July 25, 2021, incident in which the cargo vessel BBC Marmara, operated by Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG, ran aground on the island of Eilean Trodday while transiting the Little Minch, off the west coast of Scotland. The...
The Portuguese-flagged bulk carrier Barbro G has been refloated in the Detroit River. The 623-foot freighter, which was carrying 21,000 tons of wheat to Italy, ran aground on Monday morning…
https://gcaptain.com/bulk-carrier-refloated-in-detroit-river/
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to the grounding of the 617-foot freighter American Courage on the St. Clair River near Marine City, Michigan. The U.S.-flagged freighter, which is carrying…
https://gcaptain.com/lake-freighter-aground-on-st-clair-river-in-michigan/
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/
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/
A Canadian cement carrier has run aground and is blocking ship traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Canadian-flagged NACC Argonaut grounded Sunday morning on the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall, Ontario,…
https://gcaptain.com/canadian-cement-carrier-nacc-argonaut-aground-st-lawrence-seaway/
An expedition cruise ship with 206 people on board remains stuck in a remote Greenland fjord after attempts to refloat the vessel at high tide failed. The MS Ocean Explorer…
https://gcaptain.com/grounded-expedition-cruise-ship-remains-stuck-in-remote-greenland-fjord/
A modern expedition cruise ship with 206 people on board has run aground in Greenland’s Alpefjord, located within the Northeast Greenland National Park, Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command (JAC) reported Tuesday….
https://gcaptain.com/expedition-cruise-ship-aground-in-greenland/
MANILA, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday denied making an agreement with China to remove a grounded warship that serves as a military outpost in South…
https://gcaptain.com/philippine-president-says-no-promise-made-to-china-to-remove-grounded-warship/
A bulk carrier, running behind schedule, encountered grounding issues while attempting to enter a tidally constrained harbour. The first grounding occurred due to the ebb stream pushing the ship off its approach track. After being freed with stern power, a second grounding took place during a second approach. The ship had to wait for the next high tide to float off and faced a delay of 12.5 hours. Although undamaged, the bulk carrier received a detention notice during...
https://mfame.guru/groundings-and-delays-in-tidally-constrained-harbour/