Maintenance Error Caused $2.2M Marine Accident

Capt. John

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, The incorrect installation of a single set screw led to the loss of propulsion control  causing the ship to strike a pier at 6.8 knots. Contact between the self-unloading bulk carrier and a pier associated with the Soo Locks, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, resulting in $2.2 million in damage.

Incident

The self-unloading bulk carrier was transiting the Upper St. Marys River, west of the Soo Locks, in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, with a crew...

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