In its second recent report on a Great Lakes bulker grounding incident, the National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an April 2023 incident in which the 1973-built, 667-foot-long, self-unloading bulk carrier John J Boland grounded twice in Lake Huron, sustaining over $775,000 in damage.
The incident occurred on April 21, 2023, while the John J Boland, which, like the vessel in the earlier NTSB report, was owned by the American Steamship Company and chartered and operated...