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Posted in NTSB, accident reporting, ferry, grounding on Jul 24th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! MASTER’S POOR DECISION LED TO GROUNDING OF PASSENGER VESSEL EMPRESS OF THE NORTH, NTSB DETERMINES
Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the grounding of the Empress of the North was the [...]
Posted in NTSB, allision, oil, oil spill, pilotage on Nov 30th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Tagging Cosco Busan has been a good way to increase search engine hits lately but I’ll try to restrain comment until the US NTSB report thuds on my desk. One issue arising from it, though, has sparked off comments both among the [...]
Posted in NTSB, allision, collision, competence, containership, oil, oil spill, pilotage on Nov 15th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Once the US National Transportation Safety Board has produced the transcripts of the voyage data recorder from the Cosco Busan (Formerly the Hanjin Cairo, the Hanjin name remains on the ship side) we’ll have a better idea of who said what to [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! An animation of the AIS data for the Cosco Busan incident is online here.
The NTSB is scheduled to hold a press conference in Oakland at 8:00 pm PST.
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Posted in EMSA, NTSB, maritime accidents, maritime security on Oct 3rd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Criminalizing accidents is a terrible trend
The Triton (press release) - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
The US National Transportation Safety Board report determined that the probable cause of the grounding of the Selendang Ayu was the development of thisÂ
France to escort WFP relief [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! Trawler sinks off Colaba coast, 1 dead
Times of India - India
It was really dangerous as the sinking ship was creating huge waves. We pulled them out fast and moved away from the spot in time,” said Bhaskar Tandel.
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Posted in Bermuda, NTSB, Nantucket, Rose and Crown, Royal Majestic, Royal Majesty, cruise liner, grounding, maritime accidents, podcast on Jul 3rd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! A cruise liner with 1,500 souls aboard, the most dangerous waters around the US coast and a GPS that tell lies to the autopilot for 36 hours with nobody noticing. Guess what happens next…
The Case of the Wandering Monarch
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