Tag: NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board has published a Marine Accident Report on the Collision between the Tows of Towing Vessels Capt. Shorty C and Jackie.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has located the voyage data recorder belonging to the El Faro, the cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin. El Faro’s VDR was found early Tuesday morning in 15,000 feet of water, about 41 miles (36 nautical miles) northeast of Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bahamas, by a team of investigators and scientists using remotely operated undersea search equipment.

On March 5, 2015, tanker Chembulk Houston and container ship Monte Alegre collided and grounded in the Houston Ship Channel, after the pilots agreed to let the Chembulk Houston overtake the Monte Alegre. Both ships were inbound in the channel. No injuries or pollution resulted from the accident, but both vessels sustained damage above their waterlines, totaling more than $1.7 million.

NTSB has issued the report of its investigation of the allision of the offshore supply vessel Connor Bordelon with the unmanned platform South Timbalier 271A in the Gulf of Mexico on 23 January 2015. The allision caused the pipelines attached to the platform to rupture, releasing natural gas and oil, which ignited.

The National Transportation Safety Board announced that it would launch a second expedition to search for evidence in its investigation of the loss of the cargo ship EL FARO, which sank in the Atlantic during a hurricane on October 1, 2015.

NTSB has issued marine accident brief on the collision of bulk carrier flag Gangos with oil tanker Pamisos and Floating Pier. NTSB determines that the probable cause of the accident was the delay by the Flag Gangos’ operating company in completing a mandatory upgrade to the vessel’s steering system, and failure to routinely test the steering system’s hydraulic fluid for debris as required by the manufacturer. Contributing was the failure of the steering system manufacturer to schedule and complete the mandatory upgrade

As part of its continuing investigation into the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean in October, the National Transportation Safety Board has opened the accident docket and released underwater images and video of the vessel.

The video documentation of the cargo ship El Faro and the associated debris field has been completed but the vessel’s voyage data recorder was not located.

NTSB believes that a wreckage found by a search team to be the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing on Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin. The vessel was located at a depth of about 15,000 feet in the vicinity of the last known position.