stability

Bilge alarms did not sound, fishing vessel Hotspur capsized and sank

In its latest report on a fishing vessel accident, the 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 1998-built, 53-feet long fishing vessel Hotspur to lose stability, capsize and sink near Nunez Rocks, Alaska.

Hotspur began listing to port when it was transiting through Dixon Entrance near Nunez Rocks, off the southern tip of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska on August 2,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/bilge-alarms-did-not-sound-fishing-vessel-hotspur-capsized-and-sank/

Shipyards get financial breathing room from military contracts

For duly certified shipbuilders, a military contract provides a lifeline when clients in other industries are in free fall. Just ask the principals of the shipyards division of Houston-based Gulf Island Fabrication Inc.

The Navy exercised options that awarded the company’s Houma, La.-based Gulf Island Shipyards LLC a two-year, $129.9-million contract this spring to build two additional Navajo-class (T-ATS) towing, salvage and rescue vessels. The new contract swelled the company’s backlog to an...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/shipyards-get-financial-breathing-room-from-military-contracts/