NTSB says failure to maintain crane barge led to $6.3 million loss
In its latest report involving a crane barge accident, the NTSB says that an owner’s lack of inspection and maintenance led to the capsizing and sinking of a crane barge last year
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Coast Guard to hold public hearing on Golden Ray capsizing
The U.S. Coast Guard, National Transportation Safety Board, Republic of Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator, and the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal are scheduled to conduct a formal public hearing to consider evidence related
Fatal tug capsize underscores danger of girting
JULY 20, 2017 — A report by the U.K. Marine Accident Branch is a reminder that a particular hazard faced by tugs is girting. Girting occurs when high athwarthships towing forces cause
NTSB reports on capsizing of towing vessel Megan McB
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief (MAB 14-17) on the July 3, 2013 capsizing of the towing vessel Megan McB in which one
Coast Guard responds to capsized tug
AUGUST 28, 2014 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to the capsizing of a tug on the Calumet River near the 106th St. Bridge in Chicago in which two crew members were
TSB Canada reports on fatal incident involving WWII era tug
JULY 25, 2014 — On May 10, 2013, at approximately 0625 local time, the barge Arctic Lift I, carrying a cargo of steel rebar, capsized while under tow by the tug Western
Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disaster
APRIL 27, 2014—Saying that the “government took inadequate measures and disappointed the public,” South Korea Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on national television in the wake of the ferry capsizing