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Coast Guard to Hold Public Hearing into Seacor Power Capsizing July 29, 2021 The U.S. Coast Guard has scheduled a public hearing to consider evidence related to the capsizing of the U.S.-flag liftboat Seacor Power resulting in loss of 13 lives. The 10-day public hearing will take place in Houma, Louisiana, beginning Monday, August 2nd, and last through August 13th. The hearing is open to the public and will also be streamed live online. The Seacor Power capsized on April 13, 2021, approximately seven miles south of Port Fourchon with 19 crew members on board. Six were initially rescue and six were recovered unresponsive during the search and rescue. Seven were never found. ....
A volunteer group planned to call of its search Sunday for the seven crewmen missing and presumed dead after an oilfield boat capsized in a storm April 13 about 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. The United Cajun Navy, which had led the search effort from a dock in Cocodrie, posted the update Sunday morning on its Facebook page. We are sad to say that we are suspending our UCN organized and coordinated search efforts in the search for the 7 missing Seacor crewmen, the organization said. Others may continue in the search efforts and we wish them luck. ATVs from the United Cajun Navy were searching the Holly Beach area south of Lake Charles on Sunday as well as the Texas coast near Louisiana s border, the group said. Several teams were continuing to provide search dogs. ....
April 27, 2021 Coast Guard marine inspectors inspect the Seacor Eagle for readiness and approval to be used as an asset in the Seacor Power response. (Photo: Nicole J. Groll / U.S. Coast Guard) The U.S. Coast Guard is working with the Seacor Power s owner to salvage the lift boat that capsized earlier this month in the Gulf of Mexico. A unified command including representatives from the Coast Guard and Houston-based Seacor Marine engaged in-person for the salvage and wreck removal, including the removal of fuel and oil from the overturned vessel, the Coast Guard said on Tuesday. The 234-foot Seacor Power capsized in heavy seas and winds approximately 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, La., on April 13. Six crew members were saved on the day of the incident, and the bodies of six deceased personnel were recovered in the days following. Seven remain unrecovered. ....
Divers find 2 more crew members bodies near capsized boat, bringing confirmed deaths to 4 Divers continued searching Friday in hopes of finding the nine crew members who remained missing. By Stacey Plaisance, Kevin McGill and Jeff Martin Associated Press Divers found the bodies of two more crew members Friday near the capsized Seacor Power, bringing the total confirmed deaths to four, the Coast Guard said. The two found Friday were identified by the Lafourche Parish Coroner s Office as 53-year-old Anthony Hartford of New Orleans and James Wallingsford, a 55-year-old man from Gilbert, a small community about 20 miles southeast of Shreveport. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family, friends and loved ones of everyone involved in this tragic incident, Capt. Will Watson, commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, said in a news release Friday night. We are using every asset available to us to continue our search efforts. ....
Seacor Power was âunder the command of its captainâ, Talos Energy says By FOX 8 Staff | April 18, 2021 at 10:39 AM CDT - Updated April 18 at 2:43 PM PORT FOURCHON (WVUE) -Talos Energy Inc., the company that contracted the Seacor Power to perform work at one of its oil platforms, issued a statement Sunday on the lift boat disaster. A statement by Talos said the boatâs owner, Houston-based Seacor Marine, was in charge and made the decision to leave Port Fourchon for a Talos platform. The statement said, â The Seacor Power was in port for service and inspections for several days prior to its departure. The vessel was not at a Talos facility and was fully under the command of its captain and Seacor Marine, including when to depart the port. ....