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Tug suffered engine failure
The "Island Explorer", while towing a scrap metal barge, suffered a total failure of its port side main engine off Calvert Island in position 51 01 24.7 N 127 50 17.5 W on Apil 28, 2019. The tug continued the voyage using the starboard main engine. Subsequently there was a reported failure of the second engine's water pump in the Queen Charlotte Strait. The research vessel "Oceanic Surveyor" (IMO: 8320418) towed both the tug and the barge, until repairs to the water pump could be completed. The "Island Explorer" berthed in Seattle on May 1.
Tug Captain Sentenced by U.S. Magistrate for spilling Bligh Reef in 2009
A U.S. Magistrate on June 15, 2012 sentenced 63-year-old Ronald Monsen -- who in 2009 ran the tugboat Pathfinder aground on Prince William Sound's infamous Bligh Reef and spilled about 6,400 gallons of fuel -- to 36 months of probation, along with a fine of $15,000 and 50 hours of community service. Six months of Monsen's probation will be served under house arrest. According to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release, Monsen was captain of the Pathfinder on the night of Dec. 23, 2009, during an ice-scouting expedition in the Sound. After completing the ice scouting, and waiting for a 6 p.m. order to submit the ice report and return to the Valdez harbor, Monsen altered the auto-pilot course of the boat to bypass two GPS waypoints on the way back.
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The "Pathfinder" ran aground two years ago on Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef because of an inattentive captain who was playing video games, the U.S. Coast Guard has concluded. The report, dated May 5, 2011, is preliminary and was issued to various parties investigating the accident. A final report is expected to be issued later in the week. The "Pathfinder" spilled 6,410 gallons of diesel fuel after it struck Bligh Reef on the evening of Dec 23, 2009. According to the report, Captain Eugene Monsen changed the tug's course despite losing track of the vessel's precise location, increased speed and failed to properly communicate with other officers. Instead he went to the computer to play video games after a course change causing a lack of attention on the bridge between the master and second mate. Crowley Maritime Corp. said that the captain and second mate were fired after they were determined to have violated policies.
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