Investigation

Freight rates are high because of normal free-market activity; Shipping Australia welcomes ACCC probe

Pictured: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims. Mr Sims has announced in the media that the ACCC is carrying out a probe into the shipping industry. Photo credit: ACCC.

Shipping Australia notes that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be investigating the current shipping environment.

“We welcome the investigation as it will show that the current issues are caused by normal market mechanisms and by bottlenecks in the supply chain,” said Shipping...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/freight-rates-are-high-because-of-normal-free-market-activity-shipping-australia-welcomes-accc-probe/

Enquiry Launched for Suez Canal Incident

Experts have boarded the container ship Ever Given, which was dislodged on Monday six days after it got stuck in the Suez Canal, seeking to investigate what caused the grounding that shook the global shipping industry, reports Arab News.

More than 100 vessels pass through!

The Ever Given was safely anchored on Tuesday in the Great Bitter Lake, a wide stretch of water halfway between the north and south ends of the canal, after salvage teams finally freed the giant vessel on Monday afternoon. The...

https://mfame.guru/enquiry-launched-for-suez-canal-incident/

Sparks flew from recharging cell phone aboard doomed dive boat

Crewmembers told investigators that they had not participated in a fire drill aboard the dive boat Conception and one said he saw sparks when he recharged his cell phone just before the fatal fire that killed 33 passengers and one crew, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) documents released Wednesday show.

The 104 entries in the docket range from reports and witness interviews to the Certificate of Inspection (COI) for the 75’x25′ wooden hulled boat built in 1981 that burned to the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/sparks-flew-from-recharging-cell-phone-aboard-doomed-dive-boat/

NTSB to release results of California dive boat investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in October will disclose the results of its investigation of the Sept. 2, 2019 fatal fire aboard the dive boat Conception that killed 33 passengers and one crew.

All six crew members were asleep when the fire started on the 75’x25′ wooden hulled boat off Santa Cruz Island, Calif., the NTSB said in a preliminary report. The Certificate of Inspection (COI) for the vessel built in 1981 requires a roving watch, according to the Coast Guard, which said...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/ntsb-to-release-results-of-california-dive-boat-investigation/

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