Alliance-St.-Louis

In the early morning of Jan 23, 2020, the Port Authority of Chania was informed that a 32-year-old crew member of the 'Alliance St Louis' was in need of immediate hospital care while the ship was sailing south of Crete.The vessel reached the port of Souda at 7.50 a.m. The patient was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Chania. The ship left port again at 1.10 p.m. bound to Veracruz.

On Jan 16, 2017, at 0252, the "Alliance St. Louis was" under way from Port Arthur, Texas, to Jacksonville, Florida, when a pipe plug on the fuel pump for the main engine’s no. 6 cylinder came loose, resulting in fuel spray onto the engine’s hot exhaust gas pipe manifold. The atomized fuel quickly ignited. The fire was contained to the main engine room and extinguished by the CO2 fixed fire-suppression system. No injuries were reported; property damage exceeded $3,750,000. Full report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB1808.pdf

The "Alliance St. Louis" has been taken in tow on Jan 18. The tug "Crosby Endeavor" arrived on scene on Jan 17 at 10:45 a.m. with a fire team aboard to clear the "Alliance St Louis"’ engine room for safety. The tug put the cargo vessel in tow at approximately 2:30 p.m. the next day to take it to the Sabine Bank Pilot Station near Port Arthur, Texas.