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Pilotage Paradox – A Look Into The Cosco Busan Allision

By On September 17, 2008

Pilotage Paradox by Paul Drouin The Cosco Busan accident, as with many others that have the same root cause, can be categorized into what I call the pilotage paradox. For [...]

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Cosco Busan Pilot’s Medical Records Questioned

By On January 19, 2008

Cosco Busan Photo by Noah Berger/Associated PressOctober 15th 2003 the Staten Island ferry crashed into a concrete pier killing eleven people and leaving 71 injured. It was later determined that [...]

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San francisco Oil Spill Hearings – A Response to Admiral Bone, USCG

By On November 20, 2007

Yesterday my comments were published on the front page of The San Francisco Chronicle in an article titled; “Hearing today at Presidio – tough queries for spill captain.” Prior to [...]

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Cosco Busan Crew Remain Silent During NTSB Interview

By On November 16, 2007

In other news The San Jose Mercury News tells us; The International Maritime Organization saw the Cosco Busan oil spill coming: Last year, it banned new ships from being built [...]

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Cosco Busan Audio Files – San Francisco Oil Spill

By On November 14, 2007

Coast Guard Photo By CWO Scott Epeprson I thought I would list a few podcasts, interviews and audio files that relate to the Cosco Busan Incident and the resultant oil [...]

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San Francisco Pilot’s Report Published

By On November 13, 2007

The San Francisco Chronicle has published the Pilot’s Report on the Cosco Busan Incident. Here are the parts of interest to mariners; Meadows said problems also cropped up in “bridge [...]

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Ship Types 101 – San Francisco Bay Bridge Oil Tanker Collision

By On November 12, 2007

I have been amazed lately by the number of errors in both media reports and political commentary related to the the container ship Cosco Busan that allided with San Francisco’s [...]

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Bridge Resource Management – A New Focus On Watchkeeping

By On November 11, 2007

First a note… I am publishing this short clip ahead of my next article because of its importance! While preparing our upcoming “questions for investigators” article on the Cosco Busan [...]

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Follow the path of the Cosco Busan

By On November 11, 2007

UPDATE: BoatingSF has a new animation that can be found here: COSCO BUSAN’S TRACK – UPDATED _________________ Our friend John of VesselTrax.com submitted this link to our Maritime News Discoverer. [...]

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