A Pacific Bulk Shipping supramax was involved in a collision with a fishing vessel off the US on Tuesday, it has emerged.



The 52,500-dwt West Bay is thought to have avoided any substantial damage in the smash off Massachusetts which crippled the smaller vessel.

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Jack Souders, from Lisburn, PA, inspects a cargo ship during a recent random boarding near Sandy Hook, NJ.