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Safety violations, poorly trained crew to blame for Russian riverboat sinking that killed 122 [REPORT]

By On August 16, 2011

The Russian Investigative Committee said Monday that numerous safety violations and a poorly trained crew are to blame for the July 10 sinking of the riverboat, Bulgaria, on the Volga [...]

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EU Raids Shipping Companies in Anti-Trust Probe

By On May 17, 2011

BRUSSELS—The European Commission raided the offices of shipping lines in a probe of possible price fixing, the first step in an investigation that could lead to fines totaling more than [...]

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Police raid Beluga offices

By On March 24, 2011

According to various reports, local police in Bremen, Germany raided the offices of Beluga Shipping on Wednesday, looking for evidence of possible fraud by the group’s former chief executive, Niels [...]

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BOEMRE Probe Finds No Evidence Of Safety Risk At BP’s Atlantis Platform

By On March 5, 2011

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. investigators said Friday that problems with engineering documents on a BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) production platform in the Gulf of Mexico didn’t pose a safety risk and [...]

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US Officials Probe Death Of Worker On Apache Platform

By On February 17, 2011

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. offshore-drilling regulators are investigating the death of a worker who died Wednesday aboard a natural-gas production platform owned by Apache Corp. (APA). The worker fell into the [...]

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Deepwater Hearings – The Questions Not Being Asked, The Witnesses Not Being Called

By On May 28, 2010

There exists a myth that mariners do not like investigations because they resist the changes that take place (regulatory, company policy, etc) as a result of investigations. The resistance of [...]

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Deepwater Horizon Hearings – Live Blogging Day 2

By On May 27, 2010

This is Part II of gCaptain’s hearing coverage. You can view Part I at the following link: Deepwater Horizon Hearings – Live Blogging This morning’s first testimony will be from [...]

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Deepwater Hearings – How much does the left hand know about the right hand?

By On May 27, 2010

At the conclusion of the first day of the Kenner hearings to include testimony from both BP and Transocean personnel, it’s clear one question needs to be asked… Does one [...]

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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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Chief Engineer Convicted in Pollution Case

By On October 18, 2007

In the latest criminal proceedings related to Marine Pollution and the use of “Magic Pipes” the Chief Engineer aboard an American-flagged car-carrier ship was convicted of one count of conspiracy [...]

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