By Alabama Public Radio
Mobile, AL – The Mobile Press-Register reports hundreds of U-S Coast Guard records show dozens of serious accidents and near-misses have occurred at Mobile Harbor. Records also suggest that drug use among ship workers has gone up, and so has a rise in the occurrence of equipment failure. The Coast Guard is responsible for investigating incidents that result in death or injury, or affects a ship's ability to sail. The information concerns all incidents between 2000 and 2006.