NTSB reports on deck barge sinking

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on the August 2015 sinking of the deck barge Margaret. The barge, which was anchored at a fleeting area

NTSB investigators recover data from El Faro VDR

AUGUST 24, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says that about 26 hours of information has been recovered from the voyage data recorder (VDR) of the El Faro, the TOTE cargo

Examination of El Faro VDR data begins

AUGUST 15, 2016 —Investigators will today start examining the data found on the voyage data recorder recovered last week from El Faro, the TOTE ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin in October

NTSB launches El Faro VDR recovery mission

AUGUST 5, 2016 — The third National Transportation Safety Board mission to the wreckage of the El Faro is scheduled to launch today from Virginia Beach, VA. The mission’s primary objective is

Lack of communications led to Houston Ship Channel collision

JUNE 9, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board said yesterday that the probable cause of the 2015 collision of the Conti Peridot and the Carla Maersk in the Houston Ship Channel

NTSB set to launch El Faro VDR recovery mission

JUNE 7, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board says it will launch a mission early July to recover the voyage data recorder (VDR) from the TOTE cargo ship El Faro. The

VIDEO: NTSB finds El Faro VDR

APRIL 26, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board reports that the voyage data recorder from the TOTE ship El Faro was located this morning in 15,000 feet of water, about 41

NTSB starts new search for El Faro VDR

APRIL 18, 2016 —The National Transportation Safety Board plans to resume its search for the vessel data recorder from the TOTE vessel El Faro, which sank in the Atlantic during a hurricane

Union slams “two watch system” study

APRIL 1, 2016 — The International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) says a recently released paper on the “six-on/six-off” watch system is “little more than an opinion piece intended to

NTSB to launch new search for El Faro VDR

FEBRUARY 12, 2016 — The National Transportation Safety Board is to launch a second expedition to search for evidence in its investigation of the loss of the TOTE cargo ship El Faro,

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