I was amazed to see this one come across the news wires . Apparently, passengers on board the P&O cruise ship AURORA are not satisfied with their luxury around-the-world voyage. In fact, they are comparing it to being in prison! Their beef against the Captain centers on the fact they have only visited 2 ports [...]
Anchorage Daily News – The small cruise ship that grounded in Glacier Bay Alaska earlier this week continues to experience problems. While enroute from Juneau to Ketchikan for repairs, the 178ft U.S. flagged vessel reported it was taking on water, and diverted to Wrangell, Alaska to investigate a possible crack in the hull. There were [...]
Photo UPDATE: The SPIRIT OF GLACIER BAY was refloated successfully in Tarr Inlet yesterday evening. The passengers were evacuated from the vessel and returned to Juneau prior to the vessel refloating. No pollution was reported, and the vessels propulsion is operational.
The IMO estimates there are 1.5 million seafarers worldwide, and this is the day we pay tribute to them all. The 25th of June has been designated by the IMO and it’s member states as “The Day of the Seafarer” as a means to pay tribute to the world’s estimated 1.5 million seafarers for the unique [...]
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Alert reminding operators of barges and tank vessels to ensure tank high velocity vent valves and vacuum valves or combination pressure/vacuum valves are maintained in proper operating condition at all times. This follows a recent marine casualty on board a chemical/oil product tanker in which a cargo tank was over [...]
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