El Faro

USCG: Changes to Alternate Compliance Program

The US Coast Guard released a new Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (02-95, Change 3) on “The Alternate Compliance Program (ACP).” This change incorporates various policies and related provisions consistent with the Commandant’s Final Action Memo (FAM) on the sinking of the ‘El Faro’.

Under the ACP, the majority of vessel statutory certification and services are performed by Recognized Organizations (RO) on behalf of the USCG. The primary purpose of this change is to align the ACP with...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-changes-to-alternate-compliance-program/

Three years later, Congress moves for El Faro safety reforms

The wreck of the El Faro. NTSB photo.

Congress has ordered a sweeping package of maritime safety reforms, three years after the 790’ containership El Faro sank in Hurricane Joaquin with all 33 on board.

Congress passed the legislation, a few days before the third anniversary of the Oct. 1, 2015 disaster. In the crew’s homeport of Jacksonville, Fla., where a city park was renamed to honor the crew in 2016, the mayor and city council declared Monday “El Faro 33 Memorial Day.”

The Congressional action awaiting President Trump’s...

https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/three-years-later-congress-moves-for-el-faro-safety-reforms/

USCG: Steps taken three years after El Faro disaster

Three years after the sinking of El Faro, the deadliest shipping disaster in US’ recent history, Rear Adm. John Nadeau, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy reiterated the US Coast Guard’s moves to drive change against shipping tragedies.

The 790-foot, cargo vessel ‘El Faro’, en route from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, sank on 1 October 2015, in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Joaquin, taking the lives of all 33 aboard.

Since then, the Coast Guard has continued to look...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-steps-taken-three-years-after-el-faro-disaster/

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