A court in Mississippi issued an arrest warrant for the heavy lift ship ‘Hawk’ that was involved in an allision and damage of a newbuild US warship at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, in late March.
On 29 March, Hawk was arriving from Qingdao with a new Chinese-built floating drydock onboard, when it allided with a test barge at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ yard, pushing the barge into the newbuild destroyer ‘USS Delbert Black’.
The barge was supporting electrical work on the destroyer, at that time. Some people sustained minor injuries as a result from the incident.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, the parent company of Ingalls Shipbuilding, said the owner and operator of the heavy lift ship are responsible for the incident, as the ship went off its course and lost control.
The heavy lift ship, Hawk, is one of the largest semi-submersible vessels of her kind. She is operated by an Oslo-based heavy lift firm.
The damage to the barge and wharf was estimated at US$10 million, plus another $21 million for delays and work disruption at the yard, while damage to the destroyer is estimated at $30.9 million, plus delay and disruption, local media reported.
