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...
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Two killed in containership fire at Port of Houston
Two people were killed while a third suffered burn injuries after a fire ignited on a container vessel at the Port of Houston in Texas on Monday, January 8. The Panamanian-flagged Stride was berthed at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal when the blaze ignited in an undisclosed portion of the ship...
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 […]
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...
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...
L-ion battery explosion in hand-held radio causes $3 million tanker fire
The thermal runaway of a cell within a handheld radio’s lithium-ion battery led to a fire on the 106,000 dwt Liberian-flagged oil tanker S-Trust last year resulted in $3 million in damage to the vessel, the National Transportation Safety Board says.
The S-Trust was docked at the Genesis Port Allen Terminal in Baton Rouge, La., on Nov. 13, 2022, when a fire started on the bridge. The fire was caused by one of the cells in a lithium-ion battery for an ultra-high-frequency handheld radio exploding....
Trucks and teen motorists a dangerous mix, NTSB panelists say
Rising costs related to inexperienced drivers and distracted driving are behind a new effort to educate the public — particularly teen drivers — about sharing the road with truckers.
“Car drivers — light vehicles — cause about 75% of the crashes between themselves and large vehicles,” said National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) board member Bruce Landsberg, speaking Wednesday on an NTSB-sponsored webinar, Sharing the Roads with Commercial Vehicles.
The costs of these crashes to crash-victim...
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NTSB urges rail industry to take positive train control to the next level
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The rail industry should do more to leverage the safety benefits of positive train control...
NTSB: Time for action on passenger boat fire detection and extinguishing systems
The National Transportation Safety Board has now released its report on the engine room fire that broke out on the passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk on June 7, 2022. It is again recommending that engine-room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems be installed in small passenger vessels currently grandfathered out under USCG Subchapter K regulations.
The 1992-built Spirit of Norfolk had 108 people on board when the fire broke out. The fire was too large for the crew to fight, and...
Fatigue, complacency led to ferry strike on mooring dolphin near Seattle, NTSB report finds
Fatigue and complacency led to a passenger and car ferry striking a mooring structure, or dolphin, at a ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington, last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said earlier this week. The contact resulted in US$10.3 million in damages to the vessel and...