Cascade General Performing Repairs To Bulk Carrier

During its run along the Columbia River to unload steel in Vancouver, Wash., a 568 ft. (173 m), 36,788-ton Turkish bulk carrier, Cenk Kaptanoglu collided with the BHP dock in Kalama, Wash., sustaining damages to its bow and port side. Running from the starboard hawse pipe to diagonally across the bow to the portside of number one hold, the force of the damage's impact also partially collapsed the port side of the foredeck. Following emergency patching and partial discharge of cargo, the injured vessel underwent an exhaustive survey, in addition to further consultations between the U.S. Coast Guard and Kapatanoglu Shipping Group, which resulted in the carrier being moved by Portland Shipyard to Cascade General.