NTSB reports on 2017 towboat sinking while fueling
AUGUST 31, 2018 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on the August 23, 2017, sinking of the 1977-built Triple S Marine LLC towing vessel Gracie Claire while moored
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VIDEO: Investigation fails to pinpoint cause of Sewol ferry sinking
AUGUST 10, 2018 — According to Yonhap news agency, Arirang News and other reports, a state panel assigned to investigate Korea’s 2014 Sewol ferry disaster has failed to pinpoint the exact cause
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
El Faro safety legislation to be marked up by House Committee
JUNE 26, 2018 — The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee will markup several pieces of maritime legislation tomorrow, including a House bill introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) aimed at addressing some
Safety alert: Lessons of El Faro main propulsion lube system
APRIL 3, 2018 — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued a Safety Alert to inform operators of the role that the main propulsion lube oil system was found
Seventy-four year old tugboat sinks under tow
FEBRUARY 23, 2018 —The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of a tug collision that occurred about three miles south of Kennebunk, Maine, early Thursday, and monitoring the site where one of
Unified Command lifts sunken towing vessel
JULY 18, 2017 — A Unified Command yesterday lifted the sunken towing vessel Eric Haney at mile marker 9.7 on the Upper Mississippi River near Cairo, Illinois, Monday. The Unified Command consists
VIDEO: Salvors transfer Sewol ferry to land
APRIL 11, 2017 — South Korean media report that at around 4 p.m. local time today, salvors successfully completed the final stages of securing the wreck of the Sewol ferry on land.
NTSB reports on sinking of 41-year old U.S.-flag tug
MARCH 31, 2017 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the sinking in the Caribbean of the 41-year-old U.S.-flag towing vessel Spence while towing the 32-year-old
VIDEO: New evidence on bunker fire role in Titanic sinking
JANUARY 2, 2017 — Irish Times journalist Senan Malony has a new theory on the April 15, 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic after colliding with an iceberg. In a documentary first