Tag: incident investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where, on February 17, 2023, while the Desperado was transiting Lake Salvador on the Intracoastal Waterway in Bayou Perot, Louisiana, a fire occurred in the engine room that the crew was not able to extinguish, and the crew evacuated the vessel. 

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where the bulk carrier American Mariner had begun transiting outbound in the Vidal Shoals Channel, near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, en route to Superior, Wisconsin, when the vessel grounded and sustained damage to three ballast water tanks.

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into fatal injuries to a crew member, during cargo operations in the port of Bata, Equatorial Guinea on 21st July 2023.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where a fire erupted aboard the small passenger vessel Qualifier 105, which was stored ashore for the winter at Northern Enterprises Boat Yard in Homer, Alaska, on January 19, 2023.

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into o the loss of propulsion and subsequent grounding of the Maltese-registered ro-ro cargo vessel MAZARINE, on Wolf Rock, off Land’s End, UK on 10 July 2023.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) published the investigation report in which, on the morning of 22 April 2023, World Diana departed from berth no 3 in Bunbury under the conduct of a harbour pilot with 2 tugs assisting.

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into a fire onboard the container vessel CMA CGM Paranagua, whilst alongside at Besiktas Shipyard, Türkiye.

The National Transportation Safety Board published an investigative update on June 25, for its ongoing investigation of the March 26 contact of containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge and subsequent bridge collapse.

The German Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) published an incident report in which, at the end of November 2022, the Finnish-flagged heavy-lift vessel MERI experienced a severe incident while transporting a mobile harbour crane from Rostock to Esbjerg via the Kiel Canal. 

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) has issued an investigation report on an incident where a seafarer died during mooring operations.