SEA STAR

  • General
    • Vessel Name : SEA STAR 0
    • Operator : AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 341 0
    • Vessel Type : 43 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 460 0
  • Location
    • City : JEFFERSON- VILLE 0
    • STATE : IN 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 194 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 107.4 257
    • Regular Breadth : 29.8 257
    • Overall Length : 115 257
    • Overall Breadt : 30 257
    • Load draft : 8 257
    • Light Draft : 2 257
    • Height : 21 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1952 0
    • EQUIP1 : 15T HYD. CRANE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 1021586 0

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

  • Area of Operation : ST. LOUIS, MO/UPPER AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI, ILLINOIS, OHIO, MISSOURI, CUMBERLAND, TENNESSEE, EAST & WEST CANAL 0
  • Principal Commodity : TOWING 0

ANGLE

  • Type : 02 0
  • Construction : A 0

CRUSADER

  • Type : 02 0
  • Construction : A 0

RIGGER III

  • Type : 02 0
  • Construction : A 0

AUBREY DUFRENE JR.

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

BELGIAN

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

CLYDE K. BENJAMIN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

COLT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

DALE ROBBINS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

DAVID M FLEMING

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

ED

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

GEORGE E. MARBLE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

HAROLD R. ZEISLOFT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

HOWARD EVANS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

KENNETH L JACKSON

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

KEVIN G. KLIEBERT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MARK GLAAB

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

MICHAEL P O'NEIL

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MIKE PLANCHE

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

MISS HARRIETT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

NANCY ALLEN

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

NOVA H. LOUIS

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SUE ELLEN

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SUE HOLSTON

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

SURVEYOR

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

TERRY E. BENNETT

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

WARREN MCKINNEY

  • Type : 35 0
  • Construction : A 0

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Red Sea: Four Dead, Two Wounded in Latest Houthi Attack on Greek Bulk Carrier

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Potential Return of Container Ships to Red Sea Following US-Houthi Ceasefire Could Collapse Freight Rates

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Crew Flees Hong Kong-Flagged Ship Amid Fire in Red Sea

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The crew of the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia have abandoned the container ship in the Red Sea after it caught fire on Tuesday, two maritime sources said, adding the cause of the incident was not immediately clear.The crew were rescued by another vessel and are safe, the sources said, adding that the incident took place in the open sea off Yemen.

Cargo Ship’s Crew Rescued in Red Sea

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NSMV Patriot State Delivered to Massachusetts Maritime Academy

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OSVs Gain New Life

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Meyer Turku Floats Out Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas

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