AUGUST 1, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard commandant has convened a formal Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) into the loss of the U.S.-flagged amphibious passenger vessel, Stretch Duck 07, which occurred
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
JULY 26, 2018 — The House of Representatives yesterday approved legislation intended to address maritime transportation safety issues raised by the El Faro sinking, promote the Coast Guard’s awareness of technologies that
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.
JUNE 6, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the August 17, 2016, fire aboard the roll-on/roll-off passenger vessel Caribbean Fantasy was vessel owner Baja Ferries’
NOVEMBER 1, 2017 — The U.S. Navy today released a report detailing the events and actions that led to the collision of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and the ACX Crystal off the
MARCH 7, 2017 — Too much speed and too steep an angle of approach resulted in the May 8, 2016, allision involving the cruise ship Carnival Pride in which more than $2
NOVEMBER 20, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says that an improperly installed fitting on a fuel line supplying an auxiliary engine fuel injector pump is the probable cause of a
NOVEMBER 15, 2016 — A National Transportation Safety Board Report finds that the probable cause of a fire that broke out December 11, 2015 on a 1942-built Great Lakes steamship while in
OCTOBER 4, 2016 — One year after the sinking of the TOTE cargo ship El Faro, Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, USCG, yesterday posted the following It has
