Tag: NTSB

On 3 June 2016, the Malta-flag cruise ship 'Celebrity Infinity' allided with berth 3 in Ketchikan, Alaska, sustaining a 9-inch-diameter hole on the forward port side. The berth suffered extensive damage to the catwalks and pilings of an estimated cost about $1.15 million. The NTSB issued an investigation report on the accident.

The US Coast Guard released its Final Action Memo regarding the 2015 S.S. El Faro sinking, which resulted in the loss of its entire crew. In the Final Action Memo, USCG approves the findings of fact, analysis, and conclusions detailed in the Marine Board of Investigation’s Report of Investigation.

El Faro sinking, the deadliest shipping disaster involving a US-flagged vessel in more than 30 years, was caused by a captain’s failure to avoid sailing into a hurricane, despite numerous opportunities to route a course away from hazardous weather, the NTSB announced during a public meeting Tuesday

In October 2016, the articulated tug and barge Nathan E Stewart/DBL 55 ran aground on Edge Reef off Athlone Island, Canada, causing significant environmental damage, as 29,000 gallons of oil were released. Damage to the vessel and barge was estimated at $12 million.

In April 2017, while transiting northbound through the Panama Canal, the Panama-flagged tugboat 'Cerro Santiago' collided with the USCG cutter 'Tampa' in Miraflores Lake, Panama. Although the tugboat was not damaged, the cutter sustained $170,018 in damage to the stern, as well as to various systems in the steering gear room.

NTSB issued a report on a fire on the upper deck of the passenger vessel 'Tahoe Queen' as it was alongside its home pier on Lake Tahoe undergoing maintenance repairs, in August 2016. As a result from the accident, two crewmembers suffered minor injuries and the vessel was declared a constructive total loss, valued at $4.8 million.

On July 14, 2016, the towing vessel 'The Admiral' was moored alongside barges in the La Quinta Channel, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Texas, when its starboard main engine oversped and then exploded, resulting in the death of a crewmember.

The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigation report on the double allision of the Tanker Nordbay, on the Lower Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana, in February 2016, resulting in an estimated damage of $6.4 million.

The US National Transportation Safety Board announced that it plans to meet on 12 December, in Washington, to determine the probable cause of the October 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean.

NTSB determined that the probable cause of the fire aboard towing vessel Thomas Dann was an ignition originating near an electrical fuse box in the upper engine room. Contributing to the intensity of the fire was the presence of combustible materials in the upper engine room.