Faulty space heater led to processing vessel fire

MARCH 2, 2015 — The National Transportation Security Board has issued a report on an incident in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 28, 2013, when the 138-foot-long fish processing vessel

NTSB reports on DSV fire

JANUARY 28, 2015 — The National Transportations Safety Board has issued a report on a fire that broke out on the Oceaneering International Inc. saturation diving support vessel Ocean Patriot on the

Bridge hits ship

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Usually it’s the other way round. But the National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on an accident in which a bridge hit a ship — and

NTSB reports on towboat grounding and sinking

JULY 28, 2014—The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined the probable cause of the November 2013 grounding and sinking of towing vessel Stephen L. Colby. The Stephen L. Colby was

NTSB issues alert on passenger vessel stairway hazards

JULY 8, 2013 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety alert on passenger vessel stairway hazards during docking and undocking. Falls in stairways caused serious injury in the January

NTSB issues Seastreak Wall Street incident findings

APRIL 9, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the ferry Seastreak Wall Street struck Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan in January 2013, because the captain lost control of

Captain’s recklessness blamed in ship sinking

FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — A captain’s “reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy” was the probable cause of the sinking of the 108-ft tall ship the Bounty off

Shipyard bollard failure blamed in Carnival Triumph breakaway

FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report says that a bollard failure at BAE Systems Mobile, AL, shipyard is the probable cause of the April 3, 2013,

USCG and NTSB to investigate Carnival Triumph fire

FEBRUARY 12, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the engine room fire that occurred onboard the cruise ship Carnival Triumph, Sunday.

Tracy Murrell is new director of NTSB Marine Safety Office

JANUARY 28, 2013 — Tracy Murrell, a former chief safety officer for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., who also holds a U.S. Coast Guard master’s license, is the new director of the National

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