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Workers use heavy cable and floating barges to begin the righting of the Stellamare on Monday. It was almost imperceptible at first. Slowly and almost silently, the Stellamare started to move on Monday.It was 4 p.m. when two massive waterborne cranes began righting the Dutch-owned cargo ship that had lain on its side at the Port of Albany since capsizing Dec. 9 while a General Electric Co. generator was being loaded. By 4:07 p.m., the moving was done for the day and the 289-foot vessel was more than halfway upright, even farther than had been planned for the first...

Officials, including Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings, center, show respect as a body believed to be one of three missing crew members of the Stellamare is recovered Friday from the ship's hold at the Port of Albany. (James Goolsby / Times Union) Divers recovered a body from the cargo hold of the ship Stellamare on Friday, 10 days after the 289-foot Dutch vessel capsized at the Port of Albany during loading of two General Electric Co. generators.No identification was made.The three missing crew members -- Yuri Akofin, 48; Victor Alexeev, 46; and Sulieman Khasenevich, 43 -- were all from St....

ALBANY -- Hope dimmed late Wednesday of finding three sailors who disappeared when a 289-foot Dutch cargo ship capsized in icy waters at the Port of Albany, setting in motion an intensive investigation and recovery effort that U.S. Coast Guard authorities believe will continue for months. Coast Guard Cmdr. John E. Cameron said there is no indication of foul play or negligence and the ship had cleared inspection earlier this year in Hawaii, but investigators are trying to reconstruct the accident to determine what caused the ship to tip on its port, or left, side as its 18-man crew...

A Dutch cargo ship tipped over at a 45-degree angle in the frigid Hudson River while being loaded with steel turbines Tuesday, apparently trapping three crew members. Fifteen others were rescued, with some suffering hypothermia. The missing were believed to be inside the hull of the listing ship, Detective James Miller said. Divers were brought in. But officials said they did not immediately know if the vessel had filled with water.The ship had loaded 661 tons of steel turbines bound for Italy and Romania when the cargo apparently shifted, causing the ship to turn partly on its side, Mayor...

Three crew members remained missing this morning after a Dutch cargo ship listed and partially sank at the Port of Albany at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. The accident involving the Stellamare tossed several men into the icy waters of the Hudson River and prompted the Coast Guard to close the river, left the ship tilted at a 50-degree angle, and may have killed three seamen. It marks the city's worst maritime accident in decades.The ship's 18-man crew was loading the second of two General Electric generators, each weighing roughly 250 tons, when the boat listed to port, rolled and...