Bulk carrier strikes stationary dredge in Upper New York Bay in good visibility

摘要

The Coast Guard is investigating what caused a bulk carrier full of scrap metal to collide with a stationary dredge in Upper New York Bay in clear weather. The accident happened at 0900 March 14 near buoy No. 24, off the Stapleton section of Staten Island, about one mile north of the Staten Island Ferry's St. George Terminal. The Coast Guard said the 623-foot Osprey /was outbound when it struck the dredge Delaware Bay. The collision was the second time in less than a month that a bulk ship struck a stationary dredge in the region. On Feb. 21, the orange juice carrier Orange Sun struck and severely damaged the dredge New York in Newark Bay -about five nm west of the site of the Osprey /accident (see PM#112, April 2008).