Tugboat captain Yusiel Lopez Insua, 46, of Miami has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter after operating a barge with obstructed visibility and without a proper lookout, resulting in a fatal collision in
A steering control system component failure on the multi-purpose carrier BBC Africa resulted in a collision with a bulk carrier in the Houston Ship Channel, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on an April 17, 2024, incident involving the 170-foot American Commercial Barge Line towboat William B Klunk. As in many other reports involving
Multiple images have emerged on social media showing the tanker Adalynn ablaze off Fujairah after being in a collision early this morning after being in a collision with the Frontline tanker Front
The U.K. Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released an interim report on its investigation of the March 10 incident in which the U.S.-flagged TSP program tanker Stena Immaculate was struck by
By Luis Llamas and Thomas “Buddy” Bardenwerper, Jones Walker LLP Maritime Practice Group The bilge alarm is sounding. Smoke is billowing. Oil is spreading. A lot needs to happen in these critical,
Singapore and Malaysian authorities were responding this morning after two tankers were on fire following a collision that, the South China Morning Post said, spotlights the perils of dark fleet ships operating
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a January 22, 2023 incident in which the azimuthing stern drive, or Z-drive, tugboat Mark E Kuebler, owned by Bay-Houston Towing Co.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a January 9, 2023 Lower Mississippi River collision between two barge tows that caused the barges in both tows to break free.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that failure by its mate to maintain a proper lookout and conducting maintenance on critical equipment while underway led to an October 28, 2022 fishing
