Category: Allision
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Cell phone use and fatigue: $810K tow strike on moored barges
Cell phone use and fatigue: $810K tow strike on moored barges The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on an April 17, 2024, incident involving the 170-foot American Commercial Barge Line towboat William B Klunk. As in many other reports involving all types of vessel, cell phone use was implicated as a cause.…
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MAIB releases interim report into strike on Stena Immaculate
MAIB releases interim report into strike on Stena Immaculate The U.K. Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released an interim report on its investigation of the March 10 incident in which the U.S.-flagged TSP program tanker Stena Immaculate was struck by the Portuguese-flagged tanker Solong while at anchor off the U.K. at a position 5…
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Oil tanker stays put as cargo ship gets a tow: US and Portugal let UK spearhead North Sea allision probe
Oil tanker stays put as cargo ship gets a tow: US and Portugal let UK spearhead North Sea allision probe As a recent allision between a U.S.-flagged oil/product tanker and a Portuguese container ship in the North Sea keeps reverberating across the maritime industry, many conspiracy theories are making the rounds. The post Oil tanker…