Fire detection and notification system inadequacies likely prolonged Kodiak Enterprise fire

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

Noise radius around bridge section to be dismantled using small explosive charges

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

Key Bridge salvors work to free Dali

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

Somali pirates hostage taking

Dive boat fire captain sentenced to four year prison term

Jerry Nehl Boylan, 70, the captain of the Conception, the Santa Barbara-based dive boat involved in the deadly 2019 fire that cost 34 lives, was yesterday sentenced to 48 months in federal

bank effect induced damage

Bank effect eyed in $29.5 million tanker strike on pier

The “bank effect” was in play when the 49,662 dwt tanker Bow Triumph, operated by Odfjell Management, struck a 300-foot section of pier at Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station in South

GAO report looks at MARAD sfinancial assistance programs.

GAO to Navy: “Fix the way you do crewing”

Crewing ships with an adequate number of personnel who have the right skills and experience is vital for executing missions and mitigating risks. However, says a new report from the U.S. Government

Massive claw

VIDEO: Massive claw is added to Key Bridge response arsenal

A giant claw is the latest massive piece of equipment to be added to the resources of the Unified Command responding to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The claw

Vessel transits new fourth Baltimore temporarychannnel

VIDEO: First commercial vessel transits new fourth Baltimore temporary channel

Efforts to get the Port of Baltimore up and running again are making progress. According to Coast Guard Sector Maryland, the status of the port is now “Open with Restrictions.” A new,

NTSB report report implicates bank effect

NTSB releases its findings on what caused dredge WB Wood to capsize

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into the January16, 2023 flooding and eventual capsizing of the Wood Resources LLC non-propelled dredge WB Wood during sand dredging operations near mile

Vessels like Maersk Yorktown and EU-flagged ships are under naval protection

Houthis in failed attack on U.S.-flagged Maersk Yorktown

After a period with few reports of Houthi activity, the Iranian-backed group has resumed its targeting of merchant shipping, with Al Arabiya and other regional news outlets quoting the Houthi’s military spokesman

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