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Guilty Plea in Empress of The North Pollution Case

By On April 24, 2009

Today, Juneau District Court Judge Keith Levy sentenced American West Steamboat Company, LLC for violating a Alaskan state criminal law that makes polluting state waters illegal.  The charge arose out [...]

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Empress Of The North – Preliminary Report Published

By On December 22, 2007

The preliminary report on the Empress Of The North grounding and subsequent abandonment (no fatalities) was released by the NTSB today. The BBC reports; Marino Cattiotti was put in charge [...]

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Cosco Busan – Questions For Investigators

By On November 12, 2007

Chronicle photo by Michael Macor After visits from California powerbrokers Arnold Schwarzenegger and Diane Feinstein yesterday the head of the US Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen, joined the inspection team. [...]

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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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Empress of the North Must Relocate to Continue Repairs

By On May 30, 2007

The Alaska Cruise Ship Empress of the North must move south to continue repairs to the hull. The AP tells us: The cruise ship Empress of the North must head [...]

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Empress of the North – Photo Essay

By On May 23, 2007

Flickr is becoming a strong player in the Web 2.0 world. From breathtaking pro-quality pictures (we use it for our homepage’s photo-of-the-day) to citizen journalism if you are looking for [...]

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Wanted: 3rd Mate, Captain & future scapegoat

By On May 23, 2007

I’m going to keep this posting short before my contempt for HR departments shows (too late, I know). The Seattlest points us to brand new job vacancies at Majestic Line: [...]

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Alaska Cruise Ship – New Mate, Wrong Turn

By On May 21, 2007

Sources close to gCaptain tell us the cruise ship that hit a rock near Juneau Alaska last week was being navigated by a young third mate on his first job [...]

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Alaska Cruise Ship Incident Has Ties to Exxon Valdez Grounding

By On May 18, 2007

A common misconception of the public is that the Exxon Valdez grounding was the direct result of an intoxicated Captain. Those of us in the industry know this to be [...]

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UPDATE – Empress of the North’s Long History of Trouble

By On May 14, 2007

This is actually the 4th grounding of the vessel “Empress of the Sea”. By reviewing the USCG incident reports along with some google powered research we were able to find [...]

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UPDATE – This is Empress of the North’s 3rd Grounding

By On May 14, 2007

The cruise ship Empress of the North that hit a rock off Juneau Alaska this morning has had an eerilly similar incident in the Columbia River last year. As the [...]

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Breaking News – Cruise Ship Hit Rock off Juneau Alaska

By On May 14, 2007

The Captain of the cruise ship Empress of the North has called for passengers to abandon the ship after hitting a rock off Juneau Alaska. Reports are still light on [...]

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