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Resolve Pioneer. Photo via MarineTraffic.com
Carnival Triumph has been drifting in the gulf of Mexico since an engine room fire which crippled the cruise ship’s power, water and plumbing systems last Sunday. 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew have endured extreme conditions with limited bathroom facilities and a lack of hot food and running water. And, with the air conditioning systems offline, sweltering below deck temperatures.
Dabhol Photo: Rolf Grabbert via VesselTracker.com
Carnival Cruise Lines President Gerry Cahill in a statement said. said that the disabled Triumph is expected to arrive in Mobile on Thursday, February 14 or 15.
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous stands by to assist the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico after losing propulsion power Feb. 10, 2013. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Paul McConnell via facebook
The Dabhol arrived Monday, and Resolve Pioneer arrived on Tuesday. The US Coast Guard cutter Vigorous is also on site, and will escort the convoy to port, standing by to assist in case of any emergency.
Sunset over Carnival Triumph. Photo: Ensign Chris Shivock via USCG facebook.
From NPR.com: The Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the fire aboard the Triumph, the agencies said Tuesday. Their inquiry will focus on what caused the engine room fire, as well as the response from the ship’s crew and fire-suppression system. The agencies’ roles may be somewhat limited, because the Triumph is not U.S.-flagged. According to the Coast Guard, “Because the Carnival Triumph is a Bahamian flagged vessel, the Bahamas Maritime Authority is the primary investigative agency.” Tuesday morning, the Coast Guard reported that two tugs — the Resolve Pioneer and Dabhol — are now towing the cruise ship to Mobile. The cutter Vigorous has been shadowing the Triumph in the gulf. Read more here…
From USCG: U.S. Coast Guard, NTSB launch investigation on the Carnival Triumph engine fire
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding a fire aboard the Carnival Triumph, that ocurred Sunday.
The Carnival Triumph experienced an engine room fire while on a four-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, and has been without propulsion in the Gulf of Mexico since. The ship’s automatic fire extinguishing systems activated and the fire was extinguished. No injuries to guests or crew members were reported in connection to the fire.
The ship is expected to arrive in Mobile, Ala., Thursday evening.
Because the Carnival Triumph is a Bahamian flagged vessel, the Bahamas Maritime Authority is the primary investigative agency. In accordance with international guidelines, the U.S. will participate in this investigation as a Marine Safety Investigative State.
Coast Guard members from both the Investigations and Cruise Ship Centers of Expertise, along with a representative from the Coast Guard Marine Safety Center will lead the U.S. investigation joined by a team of five investigators from the NTSB Office of Marine Safety and the Office of Research and Engineering. The purpose of the investigation is to identify causal and contributing factors that led to the incident. Additionally both the crew response and effectiveness of fire fighting systems will be evaluated to help prevent future incidents.
The U.S. team is expected to arrive in Mobile Wednesday. Results of the investigation will be released to the public once the investigation by the Bahamas Maritime Authority is complete.
by Mai Armstrong for Working Harbor Committee
Carrying 326 passengers and five crew the Seastreak Ferry landed hard into Pier 11′s dock moorings, smashing a hole in the catamaran’s right front bow.
A hole is torn near the bow of the Seastreak Wall Street ferry after it banged into the mooring as it arrived at a pier in New York’s financial district Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. photo: Larry Neumeister/AP via NY Daily News
From the NY Daily News: “The boat hit something, and we went flying,” said one injured passenger, still bleeding from his bandaged head. “People were bleeding all over the place.” It was unclear what caused the Atlantic Highlands to Pier 11 ferry to lurch at the end of its routine ride. Passenger Ellen Foran, of Neptune City, N.J., described a chaotic scene of hysterical and weeping passengers piled on top of each other.
Paraphrased from excerpts of the news conference broadcast on NY1: Dept. of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn said that the boat came in hard, missed Slip D, continued on and hit Slip B. USCG is on site investigating the pier and vessel. She also announced that the unaffected portions of Pier 11 will be open for this evening’s commute. [Please check your commuter services for updates and advisories.]
FDNY Fire Commissioner Cassano also said at the news conference that seriously injured passengers have been transported to local Manhattan hospitals while the non-seriously injured have been transported to Brooklyn hospitals to prevent overwhelming area emergency rooms.
NTSB is on the way to investigate the incident.
by Mai Armstrong for Working Harbor Committee
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.
A leaking fuel barge spilled an undetermined amount of fuel oil into the waters of Kill Van Kull, on Staten Island’s North Shore yesterday.
While transferring oil from one barge to another near Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island, Boston Marine Transport employees noticed the fuel leaking into the water. Coast Guard was notified of the incident and the spill was reported to have come from a leak in one of the Boston No. 30 barge’s cargo tanks.
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard is responding to fuel oil discharged from a barge in Kill Van Kull at Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island N.Y., Dec. 15, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.
The Boston No. 30 was carrying 112,000 gallons of fuel oil. Tests are being conducted to determine the actual amount of fuel spilled into the water and oil spill response teams have placed additional containment boom and absorbent material around the two barges.
From the US Coast Guard News Release: A Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City helicopter crew performed an over flight assessment of the area at first light this morning. Coast Guard Sector New York pollution responders continue to investigate the impact of the spill.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.
- Sector New York pollution responders, along with several personnel from local and state agencies are currently working to mitigate the spill’s impacts on the economy, the environment and public health.
- On water recovery forces: four skimmers operating, three more skimmers are en route, two shallow water barges, two more en route. Shoreline protection; 10,000 feet of boom deployed, 13,600 en route.
- Both the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are actively involved in the spill response and mitigation effort.
- A broadcast notice to mariners is in place advising mariners to transit the area with caution due to pollution. All waterways remain open.
- Gallagher Marine has established a temporary phone number for vessel owners to call to report oiled vessels. Please call 703-683-4700 to make a report.
by Mai Armstrong for Working Harbor Committee
Yesterday afternoon, someone made a distress call claiming their boat had exploded off the Jersey shore and was sinking. They went on to say that 3 people had been killed and 9 injured by the explosion, that 20 people were in life rafts in need of rescue.
Hear the recorded audio from The Star-Ledger. Audio – Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service New York received a distress call on VHF channel 14 at approximately 4:20 p.m., Monday, June 11, 2012, reportedly from the master of the yacht Blind Date, stating the vessel suffered an explosion and was taking on water. This call prompted a Coast Guard search with multiple aircraft and surface vessels, joined by aircraft and surface vessels from other agencies. The reporting source gave a position of 17.5 miles east of Sandy Hook, N.J.
photo: WPIX Channel 11 News
The distress call prompted an immediate rescue response from multiple agencies –US Coast, Guard, NJ State Police, NYPD, FDNY and the Nassau County police department aided in the search. Dozens of emergency response crews rushed to the area.
photo: Andrew Mills /The Star-Ledger
2 Coast Guard helicopters
3 47-foot motor life boats
3 NYPD helicopters
1 Nassau County helicopter
2 civilian good samaritan boats
2 NJ State Police medevac helicopters
At the emergency staging area set up in the Fort Hancock area of Sandy Hook:
6 medevac helicopters
15 ambulances
2 medical buses with the capacity to carry 20 patients
numerous emergency vehicles and fire trucks
dozens of EMS crews
dozens of Rescue crews
15 ambulances
2 medical buses with the capacity to carry 20 patients
numerous emergency vehicles and fire trucks
dozens of EMS crews
dozens of Rescue crews
As the rescue operation searched for the injured, it slowly became evident it had all been a hoax.
Deputy Commander of Coast Guard Sector New York Capt. Gregory Hitchen. photo: AP/Seth Wenig
From the Boston Globe: Two hoax calls reporting an explosion on a motor yacht off central New Jersey came from land and the rescue effort cost tens of thousands of dollars, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Deputy Commander Gregory Hitchen said at a news conference that the search and rescue operation on Monday evening cost at least $88,000 and lasted about four hours. He said the emergency call came from a radio that was being used by someone on land, not on the water.
The two calls came in on a radio positioned somewhere in New Jersey or southern New York, possibly Staten Island, the Coast Guard said. They came in on a Coast Guard channel that is not typically used for emergencies.
Hitchen said the hoax put the public at risk by taking Coast Guard personnel away from a separate emergency call that came in during the four-hour-long search. He did not provide details on the separate emergency.
photo: Noah K. Murray/ The Star-Ledger
The Coast Guard is taking this hoax very seriously. At a televised news conference held today, the USCG announced a $3,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of this prankster who faces five to 10 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine and full reimbursement to the government for the cost of the search.
Anyone with any information please call the Coast Guard at 1-646-872-5774 or 1-212-668-7048.
by Mai Armstrong for Working Harbor Committee
Coast Guard Cutter Eagle under full sail off the coast of Puerto Rico.
credit: U.S. COAST GUARD SLIDE, BROWN, TELFAIR H. PA1
Excitement is building as planning and preparations for OpSail 2012 ramp up. Next month, OpSail tall ships will sail into New York Harbor for the first time in 12 years.
Read OpSail 2012′s press release where Operation Sail executive director Chris O’Brien said, “OpSail is bringing the tall ships of the world back to New York,” said Chris O’Brien. “Majestic tall sailing ships have always been a centerpiece of joint OpSail/U.S. Navy commemorations and the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner provides the perfect context for this memorable occasion.”
On the morning of May 23, a flotilla of 17 tall ships and 10 warships will sail from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, up the North River (Hudson River) to the George Washington Bridge and back.
From the Press Room of OpSail.org: “The tall ships include the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE; KRI DEWARUCI of Indonesia, JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO of Spain, GLORIA of Colombia, GUAYAS of Ecuador, CISNE BRANCO of Brazil, CUAUHTEMOC of Mexico, and ETOILE and BELLE POULE, both of France.”
Special Opsail 2012 Tall Ships Hidden Harbor® Tour May 22nd Only! Working Harbor Committee will be offering a special OpSail tour of some of the anchored vessels, on May 22, the evening before the Parade of Ships. See several international tall ships from around the world close up at anchor south of the Verrazano Bridge, as they gather in preparation for the big parade on the 23rd. Expert guest narrators will talk about the vessels, their history and inside stories. Click here for tickets.
If like me, you are impatiently awaiting the arrival of these tall ships, OpSail has a photo gallery of some of the vessels that will be part of the OpSail New York festivities.
I came across this youtube video of the press conference officiated by OpSail executive director Chris O’Brien at South Street Seaport. If you watch it to the end, you will hear him announce a wonderful surprise at the 5:55 mark.
by Mai Armstrong for Working Harbor Committee
