Tag: grounding

The captain and superintendent of the 3,041 dwt cargo ship Atlantic, that grounded off Oskarshamn, Sweden, on September 23, were arrested by Kalmar police and they are suspected of negligence in maritime traffic, according to preliminary investigations.

The incident took place while the 40,600 dwt tanker Seatrout, operated by German Tanker Shipping, was sailing on the Scheldt river, in the same direction with the bulk carrier Usolie. The tanker was not carrying cargo.

In September 2016, the ro-ro passenger ferry Hebrides was approaching Lochmaddy, Scotland when control of the ferry’s port controllable pitch propeller was lost. The master attempted to control movements, but he was unable to prevent it from running over several mooring pontoons and grounding.

On August 2016, the semi-submersible rig Transocean Winner grounded on the Isle of Lewis, following the loss of tow from the tug ALP Forward. The tug and tow was on passage from Stavanger, Norway to Valletta, Malta, when it encountered severe weather west of the Hebrides.

The grounded drillship "Paragon DPDS1" that was blocking marine traffic in the entrance of Corpus Christi port, Texas, was recovered on 4 September, the US Coast Guard informed. The vessel ran aground in Aransas Pass, as a result of Hurricane Harvey.

Despite refloating efforts, Houston-based Paragon Offshore's drillship "Paragon DPDS I" remains grounded at the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, blocking no deep-draft vessels from moving in the ship channel.

The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigation report on the grounding and subsequent breakup of the small passenger vessel "Spirit of Kona", in July 2016, in Hawaii, that caused environmental damage with release of 275 gallons of diesel and lubricating oil into the water.

A British family were saved off a reef south-east of Niue overnight, when their 15-metre catamaran "Avanti" ran aground in heavy seas, Maritime NZ informed. The Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand received their distress call and coordinated with a nearby yacht anchored inside the reef.

Athens-based shipping company Diana Shipping Inc. announced that the employment of one of its Panamax bulk carriers, Melite, has been temporarily disrupted due to a grounding incident at Pulau Laut, Indonesia.

On May 2016, the US-flagged lake freighter Roger Blough ran aground near the Gros Cap Reefs Light, off Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada. There were no injuries and no pollution reported, but the vessel sustained $4.5 million in damage to its hull and cargo system.