LNG tanker stalls off coast of Boston

[Dave Shirlaw]

 

Posted: Sunday, 28 December 2008 2:45PM LNG tanker stalls off coast of Boston Posted by F.M.

Boston (AP)  -- The Coast Guard is monitoring and assisting a liquefied natural gas tanker that temporarily lost propulsion about 45 miles east of Boston. The 920-foot tanker Suez Matthew, carrying 31 people and a full load of LNG from Trinidad to Boston, lost propulsion just before midnight. Propulsion was restored aboard the Suez Matthew within the hour and the ship conducted a successful test of propulsion by 8:45 a.m. Sunday. The Coast Guard Cutter Jefferson Island and two commercial tugs are escorting the carrier to an anchorage in Broad Sound. Coast Guard inspectors and investigators will inspect the ship to determine why it lost propulsion.

 

 

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