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Poll – What Is A Fair Sentence For John Cota?

By On March 10, 2009

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John Cota, Pilot Of The Cosco Busan, Pleads Guilty

By On March 6, 2009

First revealed on gCaptain’s Professional Mariner Forum (LINK) last week, the news is now official… John Cota, pilot of the Cosco Busan, has plead guilty to charges and faces jail [...]

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Press Release from NTSB Board Meeting

By On February 18, 2009

Read the ful synopsis HERE Via NTSB.gov Washington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that a medically unfit pilot, an ineffective master, and poor communications between the [...]

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NTSB Board Meeting on Cosco Busan Allision

By On February 18, 2009

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a public board meeting on its investigation into the Cosco Busan allision.  The goal of which, was to formally cite the probable [...]

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Feedback – A failure in XXX Resource Management

By On November 1, 2008

Perusing ” A failure in XXX Resource Management” I must accept the authors concern. Although encompassing, the point is understood: the maritime industry has problems. It is mostly people and [...]

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The Cosco Busan – A Failure in xxx Resource Management

By On October 30, 2008

For a business to be successful you need hard work, willingness to accept risk and a touch of luck. For gCaptain the bit of luck was someone else’s misfortune, namely [...]

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Pilot Commission Finds Cosco Busan Pilot John Cota At Fault

By On October 25, 2008

Carl Nolte of the San Francisco Chronicle writes: According to a report released Thursday by the state pilot commission… “There was unequivocally pilot error,” said Gary Gleason, an attorney for [...]

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Cosco Busan Owners Blame California

By On June 7, 2008

Today’s AP wire tells us: The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit six months ago accusing the pilot and the owner of the Cosco Busan of breaking environmental laws when [...]

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Medical Disclosure – John Cota Faces New Charges

By On April 23, 2008

BYM Marine and Maritime news is reporting: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging John Joseph Cota, a U.S. Coast Guard and California licensed ship pilot, with making [...]

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Not Being John Cota

By On April 11, 2008

Not Being John Cota by Bob Couttie “Capt. Cota acknowledges the lack of situational awareness and does not expect it to happen again.” Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays: [...]

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TROUBLE ON OILY WATERS – MV COSCO BUSAN vs THE BRIDGE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY

By On April 11, 2008

TROUBLE ON OILY WATERS. MV COSCO BUSAN vs THE BRIDGE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY BY John G. Denham On Wednesday 7 November 2007, it started as a short 10 AM [...]

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Sailor, Mariners, seafarers and to whom it may concern. Cosco Busan Pilot Charged

By On March 20, 2008

Sailor, Mariners, seafarers and to whom it may concern by Captain John Denham The Department of Justice has submitted “information relative to a criminal action ” in U.S. District Court [...]

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