Deadly duck boat tragedy brings multiple law suits
AUGUST 1, 2018 — Legal problems are mounting for the companies involved with the Ride the Ducks Branson operation On Monday, the Kansas Star reported that the Missouri Attorney General’s office had
Safety and Security
Clarksons cyber attack originated via one single user account
JULY 31, 2018 — Shipbroking giant Clarksons has disclosed that a November 2017 cyber security incident may have affected the security of certain personal information. Clarksons says that it is working to
NTSB releases first details of recovered Stretch Duck 7 recordings
JULY 29, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that it had completed of the initial review of the digital video recorder system recovered from the DUKW Stretch Duck 07
Cyber attack on COSCO Shipping not confined to North America
JULY 26, 2018 — The ransomware cyber attack on COSCO Shipping Lines is apparently not confined to the container shipping operator’s North American operations, as it indicated yesterday. An update issued by
Duck boat law based on ignored 1999 NTSB findings in works
JULY 25, 2018 – The duck boat accident that claimed 17 lives when a Ride the Ducks Branson vessel sank in Table Rock Lake in Stone County near Branson, MO, June 19,
COSCO Shipping comes under cyber attack
JULY 25, 2018 — COSCO Shipping Lines has been hit by a cyber attack on its North American operations. Although the company reportedly identifies the problem as a ransomware attack in internal
DSME Smart Ship Solution gets LR cyber security AiP
JULY 24, 2018 — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register for the DSME Smart Ship Solution (DS4), receiving the Cyber SECURE
Calls for duck boat ban as NTSB continues investigation of fatal sinking
JULY 23, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard is today overseeing salvage operations to raise the sunken duck boat Stretch Duck 7 from the bottom of Table Rock Lake, Missourii, off of
Death toll in Branson duck boat tragedy rises
JULY 20, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a Go Team to investigate a July 19, 2018, duck boat amphibious vehicle accident at Table Rock Lake, near Branson, MO.
Cargo ship grounds in Orkney Islands
JULY 18, 2018 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard agency reports that just after 3.30 am, HM Coastguard received a report that a vessel had run aground on the Pentland Skerries approximately