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NTSB cites “lack of operational oversight” in McCain collision

The National Transportation Safety Board says that the Aug. 21, 2017, collision between the USS John S McCain and the tanker Alnic MC was caused by insufficient training, inadequate bridge operating procedures

NTSB reports on engine room fire on 50-year old towboat

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on a December 2017 engine room fire that forced the crew of a 1967-built towing vessel to evacuate the vessel, which incurred an

NTSB reports on partial sinking of towboat Savage Ingenuity

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board has released a Marine Accident Brief on the September 5, 2017 partial sinking of the Savage Inland Marine towing vessel Savage Ingenuity. The

NTSB issues preliminary report on deadly duck boat sinking

AUGUST 7, 2018 – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today released its preliminary report on the July 19, sinking of the amphibious passenger vessel Stretch Duck 7 in Table Rock Lake,

Duck boat law based on ignored 1999 NTSB findings in works

JULY 25, 2018 – The duck boat accident that claimed 17 lives when a Ride the Ducks Branson vessel sank in Table Rock Lake in Stone County near Branson, MO, June 19,

Calls for duck boat ban as NTSB continues investigation of fatal sinking

JULY 23, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard is today overseeing salvage operations to raise the sunken duck boat Stretch Duck 7 from the bottom of Table Rock Lake, Missourii, off of

NTSB reports on towboat grounding

JULY 17, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a Marine Accident Brief on a July 8, 2017, incident in which the uninspected towing vessel Eric Haney, owned by

“Poor safety culture” cited in Baja Ferries’ RO/RO fire

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’

NTSB issues report on 2017 barge allision incident

MAY 21, 2018 — The NTSB has issued its report on a March 2017 incident in which two of three barges pushed by a 51-year old towing vessel allided with the upstream

NTSB finds hull fracture caused flooding of towing vessel

FEBRUARY 2, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on an October 26, 2016, incident in which the 1967-built Gore Marine Transportation Co. towing vessel Atlantic Raider grounded

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