The Coast Guard issued an interim rule September 1 as the first step to implement the statutorily-mandated requirements for DUKW amphibious passenger vessels (informally known as duck boats). This statutory… Read More
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Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), welcomed maritime safety improvements that were included in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023,… Read More
Days after a Missouri judge said there was not enough evidence to convict three men involved in the 2018 duck boat accident on Table Rock Lake that resulted in the… Read More
Ten months after a federal judge dismissed federal charges against the operators of a duck boat business for a 2018 sinking on Table Rock Lake in southern Missouri in which… Read More
The notorious 2018 accident on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., in which an amphibious duck boat sank in a surprise squall, killing 17 passengers, has effectively ended the duck… Read More
After resisting two key safety recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board for years, the U.S. Coast Guard has committed to adopting them in the wake of the investigation into… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board is doubling down on safety recommendations for World War II amphibious vessels converted to passenger vessels, insisting that failure to implement its previous recommendations has… Read More
Gus Gaspardo is president of the Padelford Packet Boat Company, St. Paul, Minn., and 2018 president of the Passenger Vessel Association. Gaspardo has been chairman of PVA’s Regulatory Committee and… Read More
