The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is responding to a passenger ferry that ran aground near Maalaea Harbor, Maui, Hawaii, on 22 January.
As the USCG reports, at 5:05 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders received notification from the small passenger vessel Expeditions Five, a 55-foot ferry with three crew members on board, that they had run aground near the entrance to Maalaea Harbor. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine broadcast to mariners and dispatched a 29-foot Response Boat-small crew from Station Maui.
The Station Maui crew confirmed that the vessel was hard aground with their anchor deployed and the vessel’s hull was intact. The Expedition Five has a maximum diesel fuel capacity of 250-gallons, but there is no sheen or pollution reported coming from the vessel at this time.
The vessel’s management is in contact with their insurance company to coordinate a plan for salvage efforts. The Coast Guard will continue to monitor the situation.
