Bridge hits ship
NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Usually it’s the other way round. But the National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on an accident in which a bridge hit a ship — and
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Captain’s recklessness blamed in ship sinking
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — A captain’s “reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy” was the probable cause of the sinking of the 108-ft tall ship the Bounty off
Shipyard bollard failure blamed in Carnival Triumph breakaway
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report says that a bollard failure at BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard is the probable cause of the April 3, 2013,
Carnival names four to technical review board
JULY 15, 2013 — Carnival Cruise Lines has appointed four maritime and transportation industry experts — Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby, Rear Admiral Joseph F. Campbell, Ray Valeika and Dr. John K.
Blower malfunction implicated in Miami barge blasts
JUNE 17, 2013 — Coast Guard Sector Mobile has released preliminary findings from its continuing investigation into the cause of the April 24, 2013 explosions and fire on board two Kirby tank
Carnival Cruises looks at lessons learned from Triumph fire
MARCH 13, 2013 — As the official investigation headed by the Bahamas Maritime Authority continues to probe the engine room fire that broke out aboard the cruise ship Carnival Triumph last month,
Fuel oil leak was source of Carnival Triumph fire
FEBRUARY 19, 2013 — In an e-mail to past guests, Carnival Cruise Line President and CEO Gerry Cahill said that “preliminary investigations indicate the cause of the [Carnival Triumph] fire was the
Carnival Triumph to be towed to Mobile, not Mexico
FEBRUARY 12, 2013 — The cruise ship Carnival Triumph, which lost power after an engine room fire on Sunday morning, is now to be towed to Mobile, Alabama, not Progreso, Mexico. In
Seastreak ferry had undergone major conversion
JANUARY 10, 2013—New York City morning newscasts today showed the ferry Seastreak Wall Street under tow away from Manhattan’s Pier 11 following the hard docking incident yesterday in which a total of
Salazar launches assessment of Shell Arctic drilling program
JANUARY 9, 2013 — The New Year’s Eve grounding of the drilling vessel Kulluk is just the latest in a string of problems faced by Shell in its Arctic drilling problem. Today,