by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Today the United States Coast Guard issued the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) report on the S.S. El Faro. The 189 page report reveals serious failures by Tote managers, USCG personnel and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) but recommended few penalties against them. Some marine experts assumed the report would recommend that Tote be … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Releases El Faro Investigation Report: Here’s the Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
The U.S. Coast Guard today has released the S.S. El Faro Marine Board of Investigation report, which includes a detailed account of the event along with the MBI's conclusions on contributing factors and recommendations. The 199-page report identifies causal factors of the loss of the S.S. El Faro and 33 crew members on October 1, 2015, which ranks as one of … [Read more...]
USCG Calls For PLBs On EVERY Life Jacket
Access the report: Coast Guard Releases El Faro Investigation Report In the United States Coast Guard's upcoming El Faro investigation report, Captain Jason Neubauer USCG, Chairman of the Marine Board of Investigation, will recommend that all Personal Flotation Devices on oceangoing commercial vessels be outfitted with a Personal Locator Beacon. On the morning of … [Read more...]
Coast Guard to Release El Faro Investigation Report On Sunday
The United States Coast Guard is set to release its highly-anticipated Marine Board of Investigation report into the 2015 sinking of the American cargo ship SS El Faro on Sunday. The report identifies the causal factors of the loss of the El Faro and 33 crew members, the Coast Guard said. It also proposes safety recommendations for future actions to the Commandant of … [Read more...]
NTSB Investigators to Determine Cause of ‘El Faro’ Sinking in December
The National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet in December to determine the probable cause of the October 2015 sinking of the American cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean. The 790-foot vessel set sail from Jacksonville, Florida, on a voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 29, 2015, and sank about 34 hours later near the eye of Hurricane Joaquin. All 33 crew … [Read more...]
Amid El Faro Investigation, NTSB Issues Recommendations Aimed at Getting Better Weather Information to Mariners
The United States' National Transportation Safety Board has issued 10 safety recommendations aimed at enhancing the availability of weather information to mariners amid its ongoing investigation into the 2015 sinking of the El Faro during Hurrican Joaquin. The goal of the recommendations, which include improving weather forecasting methods and increasing the frequency of … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Hearings Wrap-Up in El Faro Probe
By Letitia Stein TAMPA, Fla., Feb 17 (Reuters) - U.S. investigators stood in silence for 33 seconds on Friday as they concluded the public phase of a probe into the sinking of the El Faro cargo ship during a 2015 hurricane, recognizing each crew member aboard who died. The Coast Guard's Marine Board of Investigation, convened for the most serious accidents, heard two … [Read more...]