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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 Uncategorized on Apr 23rd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Some container industry executives might have been asking “Where’s the love?” when the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch report on the structural failure of the MSC Napoli landed on their desks this week, most, however would have had an inkling that a [...]
Posted in MAIB. Maritime accident, grounding, lifeboat, maritime accidents on Apr 22nd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! We’ll be covering the MAIB’s 56 page and two annexe MSC Napoli report in more depth anon but a footnote got our immediate attention:
“It was evident during the investigation that the master had placed a great deal of emphasis on the importance [...]
Posted in grounding on Apr 16th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Whatever the details of the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch report on the 18th January 2007 structural failure and grounding of the MSC Napoli, scheduled for release on 22nd April, the container industry can expect to be walking around with painfully rapped [...]
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