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MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Coast Guard released preliminary findings after launching an investigation into the cause of the April 24, 2013 explosions and fire on board two Kirby tank barges that were moored at the Oil Recovery Company Marine Terminal in Mobile.

Photo shows barge explosion in Mobile, Alabama on April 24, 2013.

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HOUSTON, TX. — The 800-foot tanker, Minerva Maya, collided with a tugboat pushing barges in the Houston Ship Channel on Sunday, June 2, 2013.

U.S Coast Guard photo shows the unloaded 800-foot tanker, Minerva Maya, with some sustained damage after a collision with a tug pushing barges in the Houston Ship Channel on June 2, 2013.

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MIAMI, FL. — According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the cruise ship, Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas, was on its way to Coco Cay, Bahamas, when a fire broke out aboard the ship on Monday, May 27, off the Florida coast.

Fire broke out aboard the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship on May 27, 2013 about 35 nautical miles northwest of West End, Bahamas. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard.

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DESTIN, Fla. — The Coast Guard issued a press release after responding to a report of a tug boat that struck the Brooks Bridge near Highway 98 east of Destin.

Miss Lizzy tugboat crashes into Brook Bridge east of Destin Florida on March 20, 2013.

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LAFITTE, La. – The Coast Guard has determined that the Settoon vessel that struck a Chevron pipeline in Bayou Perot on March 12 appears to be out of the navigation channel and ran over clearly marked white stakes that indicated the pipeline’s presence.

U.S. Coast Guard officials state that the Settoon Towing tugboat and barge that struck a Chevron LPG (liquid propane gas) pipeline were out of the navigation channel when the pipeline caught fire on March 12, 2013.

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PORTSMOUTH. ME. — The U.S. Coast Guard released a report to Foster’s Daily Democrat on February 28, 2013, detailing the sinking of the Benjamin Bailey, the tugboat that capsized on October 24, 2012 in Portsmouth. The report cited human error, stating that the captain failed to maneuver the ship into a new position after high tide.

Photo shows the sinking of the Benjamin Bailey on Oct. 24, 2012 in Portsmouth, Maine.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In a news release on the U.S. Coast Guard website, posted March 4, the Coast Guard reported that they were working with local agencies and International Offshore Services to refloat an oil rig platform supply vessel after it ran aground on San Jose Island, Monday, with four people aboard.

U.S. Coast Guard photo shows an oil rig platform supply vessel grounded off the coast of San Jose Island, Texas on March 4, 2013. No injuries, damage or pollution were reported at the time.

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A news release was sent out on Feb. 28, 2013 by the U.S.Coast Guard about a fire that broke out aboard the Portsmouth-based Cutter Bear. The reports states that the U.S. Coast Guard and Portsmouth Fire Department responded Thursday to a fire aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bear, while moored at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth.

Photo shows the US Coast Guard Cutter Bear which was launched in 1980. The said ship was built to last for three decades. On Feb. 28, 2013, a fire broke out in the damage control shop aboard the cutter, but was extinguished and contained in the damage control shop within one hour.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A tanker worker, who was part of the Stolt Flamenco crew, was medically evacuated from a 435-foot tank ship by a Coast Guard helicopter crew Saturday evening, Feb.2, about 50 miles southeast of the Texas-Mexico border.

The photo, taken from a short video, shows a Corpus Christi based Coast Guard helicopter crew prepared to hoist a man to safety in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 2, 2013.

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Three crew members and two passengers on the Chalmette Ferry complained of minor injuries after the ferry collided with a barge on Friday, Oct 26, causing minor damage to both vessels.

Chalmette Ferry shuts down after hitting barge on Oct 26 in New Orleans

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