Numerous serious shortcomings and deficiencies in safety planning and risk assessment contributed to the “totally preventable” rupturing of a pipeline in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel by a… Read More
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The poor condition of the swing span on the Barataria Bridge, including a lack of protective fendering, a faulty limit switch and a lack of red navigation lights,… Read More
Severe, unforecasted winds caused a containership to break away from a pier and damaged equipment at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans on August 2, 2020, according… Read More
The failure of a bridge crew to realize that their vessel was dragging its anchor led to a collision on the Lower Mississippi River that caused $16.9 million… Read More
Insufficient radio communication and a failure to properly communicate tow size via AIS systems led to a fatal collision that sank a towing vessel with four crewmembers aboard, three… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The House is expected to interrupt its traditional August break to take up a trillion-dollar traditional infrastructure bill and a budget framework for a $3.5 trillion human infrastructure… 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 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Marine Accident Brief detailing the investigation into the August 19, 2020, allision of the mv. Old Glory, which was pushing a… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Marine Accident Brief June 22 detailing the September 19, 2019, barge breakaway at San Jacinto River Fleet in Channelview, Texas, and… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Marine Accident Brief detailing a fire aboard the dive support vessel Iron Maiden that took place while the vessel was… Read More
