What caused $1.3M Three Girls fishing vessel fire?
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on an August 11, 2024, engine room fire aboard the fishing vessel Three Girls that led to an estimated $1.3 million in
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Multiple people missing in Alaska fishing vessel capsize
The Coast Guard and Good Samaritans have been searching since Sunday for a number of people from a fishing vessel that reportedly capsized near Couverden Point, Alaska. Coast Guard watchstanders have received
Kodiak Enterprise fire report faults fire detection and notification system
A fire detection and notification system that didn’t notify is a key focus of the National Transportation Safety Board report on the fire that broke out on the 1977-built, 276 foot long
Bilge alarms did not sound, fishing vessel Hotspur capsized and sank
In its latest report on a fishing vessel accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that flooding into the lazarette, a compartment below the main deck, or port void (empty)
Did hull plating deterioration lead to Captain Alex flooding and sinking?
Uncontrolled flooding through a hole in the plating beneath the engine room of the 1996-built fishing vessel Captain Alex led to its sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety
NTSB reports on costly fishing vessel collision with containership
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
Inadequate tow planning seen as leading to sinking of fishing vessel Carol Jean
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued the report of its investigation of the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Carol Jean. On March 21, this year, while anchored with no one
NTSB reports on fishing vessel grounding and capsizing
A captain’s decision to navigate close to shore in an area with uncharted rocks led to a fishing vessel grounding and capsizing in Alaska last year, the National Transportation Safety Board says
NTSB releases report on fishing vessel Grace Marie sinking
The failure of the doubler-plated hull under the engine room likely caused the flooding and sinking of the 1978-built fishing vessel Grace Marie near Gloucester, Mass., last year, the National Transportation Safety
AIS deactivation could cost fishing vessel $41K
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