(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Curtis Brown)

Glasgow-managed bulker grounds in Chesapeake Bay
CSL ARGOSY ran aground Saturday...

Another vessel commercially managed by V.Ships' Glasgow office has hit the headlines, this time in the USA

The self-unloading bulk carrier, CSL ARGOSY ran aground in Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Magothy River in the lower Craig Hill Channel just north of Annapolis, Md., Saturday, January 17, 2009.

Attempts to free the vessel using tug boats were unsuccessful. It has been determined that a portion of the vessel's cargo, iron ore, will have to be removed in order to "lighten" the ship and refloat it. Coast Guard officials estimate that 20,000 metric tons of cargo will have to be removed.


The Coast Guard said yesterday that throughout Saturday night Coast Guard personnel along with representatives of the vessel coordinated the movement of four barges to the vessels location. The barges will be used to store the cargo removed from the vessel.

The Coast Guard say personnel remained on the vessel overnight. and that they will maintain a team aboard to supervise the efforts until the vessel is successfully refloated.

She was bound for Baltimore with her cargo of iron ore.

"We are working with Maryland state agencies, the Maryland Pilots Association and the crewmembers of the Argosy to safely get the vessel free and to have it inspected to insure that it is able to operate safely," said Capt. Brian Kelley, Captain of the Port of Baltimore.