The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday a ship carrying liquefied petroleum gas struck a Washington State wharf in 2019 because the pilot approached with excessive speed and at too steep an angle, resulting from poor bridge resource management by the Puget Sound pilot and the ship’s bridge team.
The 741.5-foot partially loaded liquified gas carrier Levant struck the Petrogas Ferndale Wharf in Puget Sound, near Ferndale, Washington, on Dec. 15, 2019, causing more than $8 million in...