Westwind II got into difficulties during a storm in October last year and dragged its anchor before runningaground in Weymouth Harbour.
BBC: Unpaid Westwind II crew stuck on cargo ship off Dorset coast
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At the congressional hearings in March, he told the Senate committee there were more than a dozen incidents of passenger ships sinking and 99 ships runningaground between 1973 and 2011.
CNN: July 8, 2012 -- Updated 1911 GMT (0311 HKT)
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Local news reports say Cota was reprimanded last year for running the ship aground.