An offshore supply vessel (OSV) engine room fire last year was caused when an incorrectly sized bearing led to an engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board says. On May 27, 2022,
The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that lithium-ion batteries and other possible ignition sources could pose a fire safety issue in the transportation of scrap materials as cargo. The warning comes
The unified command responding to the fire that broke out aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise on April 10 (see earlier story) said yesterday that firefighting crews from Tacoma Fire Department and
Fortunately, there have been no recent incidents on the scale of the 2019 California dive boat fire that killed 34 people. Nonetheless, in a Marine Safety Information Bulletin issued April 6,(MSIB Number:
In another report on an unhappy meeting between a crane on a barge and a bridge, the NTSB says that an incorrect estimate of a crane’s boom height led to contact with
When the 328 foot long Washington State Ferry M/V Cathlamet struck one of the mooring dolphins at the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal near Seattle, on July 28, 2022, two sister shipyards — Everett
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a December 23, 2021, incident in which a barge tow struck a highway bridge. Though the bridge incurred $2 million in damage,
Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Williamsz was relieved of duties as the commanding officer of USCGC Winslow Griesser (WPC 1116), Feb.17. The Sentinel-class fast response cutter and the fishing vessel Desakata collided while underway
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a civil penalty with a maximum punishment of $41,093 against a commercial fishing vessel for violating Automated Identification System (AIS) regulations near the mouth of the
A company’s failure to adhere to the 12-hour work limit set in its Fatigue Management document is seen as the probable cause of an offshore supply vessel strike on an oil and
