On Sep 17 the PCG District Southern Tagalog was monitoring the grounded LCT 'Felicity 8', which was stuck some 200 meters away from the shore of Barangay Tilik, that ran aground after it nearly hit a fishing boat in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro, en route to the port of Tilik from Cabangan in Zambales. To refloat the 'Felicity 8', the Coast Guard instructed the crew to drop anchor and reduce the cargo to lighten the vessel. Following an inspection, members of the PCG Sub-station Lubang reported that the vessel’s bow was stuck and no sign of an oil spill was spotted. The PCG asked the captain of the m/v 'Banton Pearl' and the f/v 'Orene' to tow the 'Felicity 8' to deeper waters, but they failed. A diver hired by the PCG to inspect the hull of the ship for possible water omgressfound the opposite side of the port beam had flattened. The PCG advised the master to renew the vessel’s documents, including the safety and seaworthiness certification. As a safety precaution, fishermen were told to avoid fishing near the 'Felicity 8' Report with photo: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/09/18/2386024/pcg-monitoring-beached-cargo-ship
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DALI
Families of three of the workers who died when the 'Dali' plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in March announced on Sep 17 that they will take legal action to hold the owners of the vessel legally liable for the deadly collapse. The families of three of the six victims asked a federal court to prevent the Grace Ocean Private Ltd., the Singapore-based company which owns the Dali, from escaping legal liability with regard to the maritime disaster. In April, Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., as manager of the 'Dali', had filed a petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability in the federal district court in Maryland over the incident. Should the federal district court in Maryland allow the case to proceed, the victims' families could pursue legal action to obtain monetary compensation for the deaths of their relatives. The Gupta Wessler LLP was planning to file the motion to hold the Grace Ocean Private Ltd. legally liable before a deadline on Sep 24, which was triggered following the April petition. A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that a crew member of the 'Dali' accidentally disabled the vessel’s equipment during in-port maintenance while it was moored at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore on March 25. The ship experienced a second blackout due to insufficient fuel pressure for the online generator.
Beira
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announced that Smit Lamnalco, a 50% associated company, has been awarded a substantial 10-year contract with additional extension options by Coral FLNG to provide integrated marine services to the first Mozambique Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) terminal. This marks the first terminal services contract award for the Mozambique offshore LNG developments. The contract value for Smit Lamnalco amounts to approximately USD 200 million and services will commence early 2022. For the delivery of its services Smit Lamnalco will deploy three new 95 ton bollard pull tugs to provide escort, berthing and unberthing services to LNG carriers at the FLNG facility. A new offshore support vessel will be utilized to provide logistical and marine services support. Coral FLNG is a consortium of ENI, ExxonMobil, CNPC, Kogas, Galp Energia and ENH. The FLNG terminal is located approximately 80 kilometers offshore Palma Bay and operates in a water depth of 2,000 meters.
Nassau
Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) has officially resumed operations and welcomed back its first commercial vessel following Hurricane Dorian. The 57,062-ton crude oil tanker Agathonissos, owned by Greece-based Eletson, returned to the yard to complete repair works that began before the hurricane arrived in the Bahamas earlier this month. The shipyard also said it remains on track for the next planned cruise ship visit, Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Ecstasy, scheduled to arrive on October 5.
FV BREIZH ARVOR II
Desmond (Des) Hurley, 29, a crew membe rof the the 'Breizh Arvor II', fell off a ladder on Dec 14, 2023, fracturing his upper neck, which led to cardiac arrest and instant death, an inquest has heard. The Coroner’s Court in Bantry, Co Cork, heard he lost his balance while on a ladder in the accommodation deck of the family-owned fishing vessel. The ship had been fishing at the Porcupine Bank off the southwest coast of Ireland when the accident occurred. Coroner Frank O’Connell said unfortunately, it was a case “of lightning striking”, leading to a “one in a million death.” Mark Hurley, who is a brother of the deceased, said he asked Desmond to take over at the wheelhouse at close to midnight on Dec 13. Desmond went downstairs to change his jumper. Mark went looking for his brother when he did not come back up from the accommodation deck in a matter of minutes. He went looking for him in the accommodation deck and saw his brother lying on the floor. He and another crew member administered CPR on Des, but to no avail. Des had sustained a mark on his forehead. Mark, in his role as skipper, instructed the crew to haul in their nets so they could return back to shore. Mark contacted the Valentia Coastguard. He then called Medico to speak to a nurse. The crew member Haralambie Floren said he had experience in first aid and assisted Mark with CPR on Des, however, the administering of CPR was difficult because of sea swells. Sergeant Stephen O’Sullivan, who was on duty at Castletownbere Garda Station onthat day, said they were informed a death had occurred at sea. The fishing vessel returned to Castletownbere the same evening. Having accessed the scene, his opinion was Des probably slipped on a step as he made his way back up the timber stairs of the accommodation deck, having retrieved his jumper. Des possibly hit his head off the door frame of the room. Scenes of crimes investigators assessed the scene as a formality as there was no suggestion of anything untoward having happened. The Marine Casualty Board and the HSE were contacted as a matter of course. Dr Margaret Bolster carried out an autopsy on the body of Mr Hurley at the morgue in Cork City and found he sustained a fracture of the upper neck bone. She indicated the injury had caused Des’s heart to stop. In conclusion, coroner Frank O’Connell noted there was “strong circumstantial evidence” Des lost his footing on the ladder, sustained a neck injury and suffered cardio respiratory failure, concluding the death had occurred as a result of “extreme bad luck”.
New Orleans
The US Coast Guard is continuing efforts on containing an oil spill on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. First assets were deployed on September 11 after a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans observed a sheen on the water earlier in the day during a routine overflight. Fifteen hundred feet of boom has been deployed to contain the sheen while oil spill response company OMI Environmental Solutions has been contracted to contain and recover the product. The Coast Guard is yet to provide details on the cause or source of the spill. The incident is still under investigation. In addition to US Coast Guard assets, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office has joined the response effort and six oil spill response boats have been on site as of September 13.
SHINGLE
The sinking of the 'Shingle' in Killala Bay as an artificial reef was scheduled to take place on Sep 18 at 3.30 p.m. lThe ship had eft New Ross Harbour on Sep 15 and arrived in the bay on the afternoon Sep 17. The fish carrier was seized by Customs officers at Drogheda Port as part of a €14m tobacco seizure in 2014 and was held by the Revenue Commission. It remained in the dry dock at New Ross ever since. The Killala Bay Ships 2 Reef Ltd. invested up to €35,000 into the project, and they have also received €50,000 in funding from Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) towards it. The ship has since undergone thorough preparations including environmental procedures making it eco-friendly and fit for purpose as an artificial reef. The go-ahead to sink the vessel was given in July whenthe Mayo County Council granted planning permission for the preparation, transportation, positioning and placement of the vessel on the seabed as Ireland’s first artificial reef, Iit is hoped that the project can bring a boost in diving tourism to the west of Ireland as well as promoting local marine ecology. Report with video: https://www.westernpeople.ie/news/watch-smuggling-ship-heads-for-mayo-bay-ahead-of-scheduled-sinking_arid-31927.html
Port of Spain
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Southampton
Dutch dredging and offshore outfit Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded contracts in the United Kingdom and Romania worth a combined €85m ($94m). Portsmouth City Council has contracted Boskalis to construct new sea defenses in Southsea, near Portsmouth, in a joint venture with VolkerStevin. Boskalis will deploy a large trailing suction hopper dredger to replenish the beach and will construct revetments using rock barges. Project execution is expected to start early 2020 and is estimated to take five years.