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
The thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery led to a fire on the 106,000 dwt Liberian-flagged oil tanker S-Trust last year that resulted in $3 million in
The National Transportation Safety Board has now released its report on the engine room fire that broke out on the passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk on June 7, 2022. It is again
The National Transportation Safety Board says that fatigue and complacency led to the Washington State Ferries (WSF) passenger and car ferry Cathlamet striking a mooring structure, or dolphin, at a Seattle ferry
Excessive speed during a bow-to-bow harbor-assist maneuver led to the grounding of the ASD tugboat CC Portland in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
The Coast Guard has issued an interim rule as the first step toward implementing statutorily mandated requirements for duck boats — DUKW amphibious passenger vessels. This statutory mandate was enacted after the
In its latest report involving a crane barge accident, the NTSB says that an owner’s lack of inspection and maintenance led to the capsizing and sinking of a crane barge last year
Four years after the fire aboard the Conception dive boat claimed 34 lives, the National Transportation Safety Board has renewed its call for the U.S. Coast Guard to require safety management systems
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
A false alarm from an oil mist detector is seen as playing a key role in an August 2022 collision in the Sabine Pass, Texas, involving an 18,143 dwt Netherlands-flagged general cargo