A fire detection and notification system that didn’t notify is a key focus of the National Transportation Safety Board report on the fire that broke out on the 1977-built, 276 foot long Trident Seafoods catcher processor Kodiak Enterprise at around 3.20 a.m., April 8, 2023, while moored for a scheduled overhaul at the seafood company’s facility on the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Wash.. The so intense that initially some Tacoma residents were under a shelter in place order.
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Bank effect eyed in $29.5 million tanker strike on pier
The “bank effect” was in play when the 49,662 dwt tanker Bow Triumph, operated by Odfjell Management, struck a 300-foot section of pier at Joint Base Charleston’s Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina, on September 5, 2022, the National Transportation Safety Board reports. The contact resulted in $29.5 million in damages. No pollution or injuries were reported.
Damage to the 600-foot Bow Triumph included a punctured bulbous bow and damage to side shell, frames, and stringers in way of the...
COLUMN | Like trouble over bridged water [Tug Times]
O say can you see by the dawn’s early light A ship that blacked out, and a bridge no longer in sight (With apologies to Francis Scott Key) I have no desire to trivialise the recent events in Baltimore, because people died and that is a terrible tragedy for their families. We can only be […]
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Obstructed valve led to partial sinking of towing vessel near New Orleans, NTSB report reveals
An obstructed check valve on a bilge pump led to the flooding and partial sinking of a towing vessel last year while moored at a shipyard near New Orleans, Louisiana, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said earlier this week. The towing vessel Joanne Marie was found partially...
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...
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 […]
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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...
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...