National Transportation Safety Board

FMCSA has rejected 34% of under-21 truck driver applications

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says only 113 motor carriers have applied for its under-21 truck driver apprenticeship program since the agency began accepting applications in July 2022, a dismal sign for an initiative that had been expected to recruit up to 1,000 carriers and 3,000 drivers.

The data, included in a fiscal year 2022 report submitted to Congress last week by FMCSA, also revealed that as of February 2024, FMCSA has rejected 34% – or 38 of the 113...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-has-rejected-34-of-under-21-truck-driver-applications

“Complacency” seen in $2 million barge strike on Natchez-Vidalia Bridge

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...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/complacency-seen-in-2-million-barge-strike-on-natchez-vidalia-bridge/

COLUMN | Communication as a safety tool [Tug Times]

In my last column I criticised the manning of a tug – not because the crew were female, but because there were only two of them. My friend Ron Burchett kindly responded and pointed out that the tugs involved in the job I was describing always travel in pairs for mutual support. This no doubt […]

The...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/tug-and-salvage-world/harbour-tugs-and-operation/column-communication-as-a-safety-tool-tug-times/

Flooding into void space caused 2022 fishing vessel capsizing off Alaska, NTSB report reveals

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that flooding into the lazarette, a compartment below the main deck, or port void (empty) space likely caused the purse seining vessel​ Hotspur to lose stability, capsize, and sink near Nunez Rocks, Alaska, on August 2, 2022. On the...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing-boat-world/seining/flooding-into-void-space-caused-2022-fishing-vessel-capsizing-off-alaska-ntsb-report-reveals/

Gale force winds led to liftboat L/B Robert tilt

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a November 2022 incident in which, two days after its crew had evacuated it, the liftboat L/B Robert listed (tilted), incurring damage to the vessel and cargo estimated at $6.9 million.

The NTSB report notes that the 185-foot-long three-legged liftboat as built by Gulf Island Marine Fabricators in Houma, La, in 2012. Acquired by Falcon Global Robert in 2018, it was operated by SEACOR Marine.

On November 20, 2022​, the L/B Robert...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/gale-force-winds-led-to-liftboat-l-b-robert-tilt/

Gale-force winds, high waves led to tilting of liftboat in Gulf of Mexico, NTSB report reveals

Gale-force winds and high waves from a storm led to the listing (tilting) of an elevated liftboat in the Gulf of Mexico in an incident that occurred in late 2022, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. On November 20, 2022​, the liftboat L/B Robert was reported to be listing...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/jackups-liftboats/gale-force-winds-high-waves-led-to-tilting-of-liftboat-in-gulf-of-mexico-ntsb-report-reveals/

COLUMN | The need to keep on learning and improving [Tug Times]

A friend recently told me we must do more to protect non-binary people at sea. I nodded wisely, then rushed to the nearest computer to find out what he meant by ‘non-binary people’. I confess I had never heard this particular description (of which more below), but the point is I looked it up and […]

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/tug-and-salvage-world/harbour-tugs-and-operation/column-the-need-to-keep-on-learning-and-improving-tug-times/

Corroded wire rope led to crane failure on bulk carrier, NTSB report reveals

Undetected corrosion and wear led to an equipment failure on a cargo ship while offloading cargo last year in Houston, Texas, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. On July 23, 2022, the bulk carrier Thorco Basilisk was offloading a wind turbine component at the...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/dry-cargo-world/corroded-wire-rope-led-to-crane-failure-on-bulk-carrier-ntsb-report-reveals/

Maintenance error led to engine room fire on chemical tanker, NTSB report finds

A maintenance error caused an engine room fire aboard a chemical tanker last year, resulting in US$1.2 million in damages, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. At 19:13 local time on April 29, 2022, the Malta-flagged chemical tanker Endo Breeze was transiting outbound...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/tanker-world/maintenance-error-led-to-engine-room-fire-on-chemical-tanker-ntsb-report-finds/

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