New bulk carrier grounds after steering problem on Columbia River

摘要

A bulk carrier delivered weeks earlier from a Japanese shipyard sustained a steering system malfunction and grounded in the Columbia River. The Liberia-flagged KM London was outbound roughly 10 miles west of Longview, Wash., when its rudder became stuck at 5 degrees to starboard. The vessel left the channel at about 2000 on Dec. 14 and grounded at mile marker 54.5.