Crystal names escort ship for Northwest Passage cruise
APRIL 13, 2016 — Crystal Cruises has named the icebreaker that will accompany the 1,070 passenger Crystal Serenity embarks in August on what will be the first venture by a large cruise
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Fatigue blamed in tanker grounding
MARCH 15 2016 – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says fatigue was a factor in the October 14 grounding of the 110 m oil and chemical tanker Nanny west of Deer
TSB Canada reports on foundering of self propelled barge
FEBRUARY 3, 2016 — Here’s another of those marine accident investigationts where the summary does not portray the full horrors in the actual report itself. Released February 1 by the Transportation Safety
ABS realigns Americas Division operations
JANUARY 25, 2016 — Classification society ABS has realigned its Americas Division operations to create two new regions – Canada and Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It says the realignment strengthens
TSB investigates passenger boat capsize in which five died
Five lives were lost in the incident in which the vessel, the Leviathan II, operated by Jamie’s Whaling Station, capsized. One person is still missing.
Prelimary information released yesterday by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said that most of the passengers and crew were on the top deck on the port side of the vessel when the incident occurred. This would have raised the center of gravity, affecting the vessel stability.
The sea conditions were such that a wave approached the vessel from the starboard quarter. The vessel broached (tilted up and rolled) and then capsized.
One life raft deployed and was activated. At least two hand flares and one parachute rocket were fired.
Since arriving on scene, the TSB team has met with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to review the information collected during, and immediately after, the rescue operation. It has also conducted interviews with the crew and some of the survivors to confirm certain facts during the time of the capsizing; and coordinated efforts to salvage the vessel so that the team can access it and start the physical examination.
Today, the team planned to examine the vessel, and determine how to recover any electronics onboard that may help identify the exact position of the vessel at the time of the occurrence. They also planned to examine the vessel to understand its condition at the time of the accident and review stability information at the time of its construction, examining any modifications made since that may have affected its stability.
The team will examine the various weights and their position onboard at the time of the accident to allow TSB naval architects to assess the vessel’s stability at the time of the occurrence. The team will also look at the maintenance and inspection records of the vessel, including life-saving appliances.
VESSEL OPERATOR STATEMENT
The vessel operator posted a statement on its web site October 26 saying it would be working closely with the Transportation Safety Board to determine exactly what has happened and to assist with the investigation in any way it could.
“To the best of our knowledge there was no distress call,” wrote the company’s Director of Operations, Corene Inouye. “From what we know at this stage it appears that the incident happened so quickly, the crew didn’t have an opportunity to send out a mayday.
“We have learnt that the crew was able to access emergency flares that are a part of the safety equipment on board the boat, and deployed them from the water. Local Ahousaht First Nations fishermen were the first to see this, and rushed to the scene to come to the assistance of our passengers and crew.
“As soon as the radio reports of an incident came in we immediately sent out all available vessels to assist in search and rescue efforts and liaised with RCMP, the Coast Guard as well as our local hospital and rescue volunteers.
“We can tell you that the skipper of the MV Leviathan II has over 20 years whale watching experience in these waters – 18 years with our company. The other two crew have five years and three years of experience. All are licensed by Transport Canada and go through rigorous training as well as bi-weekly safety drills and exercises.”
World’s longest cable ferry to go in operation this fall
AUGUST 26, 2015—BC Ferries’ cable ferry, the 150-passenger, 50-vehicle Baynes Sound Connector, was expected to be towed from Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver last night to arrive this morning at Buckley
Lack of ice experience seen in bulker grounding
JUNE 9, 2015 —If crew are not familiar with the measures necessary to prepare and operate a vessel’s sea water cooling system when navigating in ice, there is a risk that the
BC Ferries christens its first cable ferry
MAY 8, 2015 — BC Ferries christened its newest vessel and first-ever cable ferry, Baynes Sound Connector, in a ceremony at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver, BC, Canada, today at which
Maintenance deficiencies eyed in ferry grounding
JANUARY 29, 2015 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) finds that maintenance deficiencies and lack of adequate emergency procedures led to the November 7, 2013 loss of electrical power and
Royal Caribbean to fit exhaust gas scrubbers in 19 ships
DECEMBER 22, 2014 — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE/OSE: RCL) will retrofit 19 of its cruise ships with “advanced emissions purification (AEP) systems,” in other words exhaust gas scrubbers. It says the