Conception dive boat fire

Conception dive boat fire: Captain guilty of seaman’s manslaughter

The captain of the Conception, the dive boat that caught fire in 2019 with the loss of 34 lives, was yesterday found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the

Protestor on vessel Cape Orlando

Coast Guard removes protesters from RRF ship Cape Orlando

Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report of a demonstration happening within the Oakland Harbor near a vessel, the MARAD Ready Reserve Force (RRF) RO/RO ship Cape Orlando, around 8:30

Stat-X: Supplying fixed fire protection for almost every size of vessel

SPONSORED CONTENT: When mariners consider fixed fire protection systems on vessels, most think only of big, complex options—e.g., large banks of CO2 cylinders piped to a ship’s hold, complicated clean agent systems

Spirit of Norfolk had no fire detection or firefighting systems

NTSB: Time for action on passenger boat fire detection and extinguishing systems

The National Transportation Safety Board has now released its report on the engine room fire that broke out on the passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk on June 7, 2022. It is again

new GMDSS terminal

Intellian and Inmarsat in MOU on new GMDSS terminal

Intellian Technologies and Inmarsat Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering the development of a next generation GMDSS safety terminal, designed for operation over Inmarsat’s ELERA L-band network. The new

Cathlamet ferry "hard landing" was caused by fatigue says NTSB

NTSB: Fatigue and complacency led to $10.6 million WSF “hard landing“

The National Transportation Safety Board says that fatigue and complacency led to the Washington State Ferries (WSF) passenger and car ferry Cathlamet striking a mooring structure, or dolphin, at a Seattle ferry

Titan submersible end cap

USCG recovers more human remains from Titan submersible wreck site

Marine safety engineers with the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) recovered and transferred remaining Titan submersible debris and evidence from the North Atlantic Ocean seafloor, October 4. Additional presumed human

Bonnie G

Response to grounded cargo vessel Bonnie G continues

The Coast Guard today established a safety zone around the Bonnie G, the cargo vessel that grounded Wednesday just south of the airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. All 12 persons

U.K. says newest Russian threat to merchant ships is sea mines.

U.K. warns of new Russian sea mine threat to merchant ships

The U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) says that intelligence released October 4 suggests Russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea and that Russia would

grounded cargo vessel

USCG rescues 12 from grounded cargo vessel

A Coast Guard boat crew rescued 12 people, Wednesday morning, after they were forced to abandon the grounded cargo vessel M/V Bonnie G which was taking on water and had run aground

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