NTSB reports on $2 million barge breakaway incident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the March 28, 2023, barge breakaway incident in an 11 barges under tow struck the Vane Dike mooring cell at the
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Allianz: Shipping losses are down, but don’t get too comfortable about that
While losses of large vessels last year reached a record low, marine insurer Allianz Commercial says that the industry will have its work cut out to maintain this status quo in future.
NTSB: Propeller blade flaw led to containership Maunalei losing propulsion
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an August 2022 incident in which the 681 foot, 1,992 TEU Matson Navigation containership Maunalei incurred $3 million in damages after a
VIDEO: Dali refloated and relocated
The Key Bridge Response Unified Command reports that salvors refloated and moved the M/V Dali at approximately 7 a.m., this morning. Video streamed by local media showed the Dali refloated, under tow
VIDEO: Unified Command starts preparations for Dali refloat
Officials of the Key Bridge Unified Command were yesterday continuing to evaluate the Dali in preparation for refloating the vessel and clearing the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to the Port of Baltimore.
NTSB: Dali had two blackouts on day before bridge strike
Even as efforts continue to remove the containership Dali from beneath the remnants of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, an NTSB preliminary report has been released that says that the Dali lost
VIDEO: Explosive cuts part demolish Key Bridge
Using precision explosive cuts, the Key Bridge Unified Command today demolished part of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that had been pinning down the bow of the Dali, the containership whose strike
Kodiak Enterprise fire report faults fire detection and notification system
A fire detection and notification system that didn’t notify is a key focus of the National Transportation Safety Board report on the fire that broke out on the 1977-built, 276 foot long
VIDEO: Precision explosive charges will be used to cut bridge section pinning Dali
Precision cuts made with small explosive charges will be used to remove a large section of bridge wreckage that is pinning down the bow of the M/V Dali, the vessel whose strike
VIDEO: Key Bridge salvors are tackling a challenge of epic scale
New video and imagery released by the unified command show the scale of the challenge that the Key Bridge salvors face. In the current phase if the operation, salvage crews have been