Complacency in the workplace is widely recognized as a safety hazard and a towing vessel captain’s complacency led to barges striking the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge last year in the Mississippi River, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
The incident occurred on April 23, 2023 when the 1982- built160-foot-long towing vessel Susan K, owned by the Commerce Bank and operated by SCF Towing was transiting with 25 barges downbound on the Mississippi River toward the Natchez-Vidalia...
The National Transportation Safety Board says that fatigue and complacency led to the Washington State Ferries (WSF) passenger and car ferry Cathlamet striking a mooring structure, or dolphin, at a Seattle ferry terminal last year in an incident that WSF described at the time as a “hard landing.”
The NTSB says that “hard landing” contact resulted in $10.3 million in damages to the vessel and $300,000 in damages to the dolphin, somewhat more than WSF’s initial estimate of $7.7 million.
The Cathlame...
Fighting back Complacency
Fighting back Complacency: Vigilance, verification, and veracity
The United States is beginning to see the effects of dropping protocols on COVID (4th wave), while other regions are back in lockdown. Assuming a transit through the Suez which is executed flawlessly 99% of the time by thousands of vessels is routine (Ever Given). A gun rampage on a FedEX depot in Indianapolis leading to 8 deaths. Deciding to approach a coastline in order to get better cellular phone...
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