Tag: NTSB

The NTSB has released a safety study which details 14 conclusions and 21 recommendations aimed at further reducing the risk of collisions, allisions, and groundings involving vessels operating within U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service areas.

The NTSB has issued Marine Accident Brief in order to inform on the Collision between Towing Vessel William E Strait and Margaret Ann Tow, with subsequent partially sinkng of e William E Strait.

NTSB investigation of the fire on board saturation diving support vessel Ocean Patriot highlights how the lack of communication from the engineering staff to the vessel’s bridge team and pilots as well as the absence of specific procedures and training for emergency engine operations may lead to incident.

NTSB investigation of the Grounding and Subsequent Breakup of Dive Vessel King Neptune is included in Safer Seas Digest 2015 to highlight how the lack of communication from the engineering staff to the vessel’s bridge team and pilots as well as the absence of specific procedures and training for emergency engine operations may lead to incident.

The National Transportation Safety Board has announced the convening of a voyage data recorder group, to develop a detailed transcript of the sounds and discernible words captured on the El Faro’s bridge audio, following the audition of the ship’s VDR.

NTSB investigation of the allision of the bulk carrier Anna Smile with the Louis Dreyfus grain elevator while docking highlights how the lack of communication from the engineering staff to the vessel’s bridge team and pilots as well as the absence of specific procedures and training for emergency engine operations may lead to incident.

The NTSB has published its Safer Seas Digest 2015 including lessons learned from 29 major marine casualty investigations investigated by the agency during the year. NTSB has determined the probable cause of the accidents and issued safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.

NTSB has announced that the voyage data recorder from El Faro, a US flagged cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015, was successfully recovered from the ocean floor on Monday.

National Transportation Safety Board has issued Marine Accident Brief in order to inform on the collision between US Coast Guard cutter Key Largo and fishing vessel Sea Shepherd, with subsequent sinking of Sea Shepherd.

NTSB issued the Marine Accident Report for its investigation of the collision between the bulk carrier Conti Peridot and the tanker Carla Maersk in the Houston Ship Channel on 9 March 2015.