by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 20, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Offshore
The US Coast Guard (USCG) announced on Monday it is suspending its search for the remaining missing Seacor Power liftboat crew members. The jack-up barge capsized in a hurricane eight miles south of the port of Port Fouchon in the US state of Louisiana on 13 April....
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 15, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Offshore
At least one person has been killed and twelve others are missing after a ship capsized in a hurricane south of the port of Port Fouchon, in the US state of Louisiana on Tuesday. It concerns a commercial lift vessel also known as a liftboat or jack-up barge, which is...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 8, 2020 | News
Last Friday, the US Coast Guard evacuated a wounded man from the Laura Maersk (4258 TEU) almost five hundred kilometres off the coast of Maryland. It concerned a crew member, who had suffered serious burns during an explosion in the engine room. Because of the large...
