Dive Boat Operator News

Coast Guard Suspends Dive Boat Operator

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads investigators received confirmation last month that Administrative Law Judge Michael Devine agreed with the Coast Guard's arguments in a case against a local dive boat operator, resulting in the suspension of a dive boat operator's mariner credentials. The case stemmed from a recreational diving casualty that occurred June 9, 2012, aboard the Miss Lindsey, a 48-foot commercial diving vessel, near Virginia Beach. The diving casualty claimed the life of Kevin Kraemer, 55. Kraemer drowned while diving with a group of recreational divers off the inspected vessel Miss Lindsey. An investigation conducted by the Coast Guard determined administrative action would be taken against the master of the vessel…