Still not identifying the cause of her sinking, the US National Transportation Safety Board released a 510-page transcript, accompanied by other information, regarding the 1 October 2015 sinking and other data about the wreck.
They said it was not yet ready to identify the cause behind the sinking of the US Flagged, 790-foot (240-metre) El Faro.
The ship sank in a storm near the Bahamas in 15,000 feet (4,600 metres) of water with the loss of all hands on a regular run between Jacksonville, Florida and Puerto Rico.
Two and a half hours before sounding the Abandon Ship Alarm, her Master, Michael Davidson, seems to be overheard on her bridge commenting to his First Mate that there was confusion about the location of the storm.
The last of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s famous Tyne class lifeboats was launched for the last time at her
Clydeport has played a vital role in the building of the UK’s largest onshore windfarm on Eaglesham Moor, just 20
A new £17mn warehouse is to be built at Liverpool by the national logistics provider Jenkins which specialises in paper,
The Panama Canal plans to modify its tolls structure for all types of ships “to better serve the global maritime
The largest LNG tanker to use the Panama Canal since it was expanded less that three years ago passed through
The Hong Kong shipping group Orient Overseas (International) Ltd (OOIL) is selling its Long Beach Container Terminal, California, to a
The Viau container terminal at Montreal, Canada, is to be expanded so that it can handle 600,000 teu a year.
The first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has left Shell’s floating LNG facility Prelude some 475kms north-east of Broome
Following two-ship trials, augmented reality (AR) navigation systems are to be installed on 21 very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs)
In China, construction has started at the Jinling Shipyard on the first of the Grimaldi Group’s new hybrid roll-on, roll-off
The Singapore shipping company APL is providing free shipping for the non-profit Ocean Cleanup organisation that is working to develop
UK News The fourth member of the new Dreadnought class of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines will bear the name
American News The contract for the construction of LPD30, the first Flight II Landing Platform Dock of the San Antonio
American News The future frigate program for the US Navy is getting fully underway and some idea of the urgency
British News Whilst on patrol in the Gulf, the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon seized and destroyed ten tonnes of
American News On 31 January, the US Department of Defense announced the awarding of a block buy contract with Huntington
Irish Continental Group has entered into a bareboat hire purchase agreement for the sale of its 1987-built Oscar Wilde to
I include a fine poster and artist’s image of the famed Macbrayne paddler Columba.
To the North East Coast and arriving at Aberdeen for the first time for many months, I witnessed a passenger
The drama surrounding the much delayed new ferries for Caledonian MacBrayne continues to rumble on with the latest, not unsurprising,
Scotland’s Pentland Ferries has lost its appeal against Scottish government state aid for ferry services between the mainland and the
The Danish Maritime Museum had the schooner Bonavista built on the island of Aero at Marstal and this year they
I was in Montrose on the Norwegian National Day, 17 May, when its independent constitution from Sweden was confirmed in
When I first arrived in Aberdeen in 1968, I couldn’t believe my luck.
Most of the rivers flowing into the Thames had their own barge type.
For some time Victory, the 110gun ship of the line, has had trouble with dry rot and is in danger
The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS) has announced that it will provide immediate funding to support efforts to “Save The
The construction of Viking Glory is proceeding on schedule.
In September of this year, my wife and I enjoyed a wonderful Riviera Travel river cruise on the majestic River
Over the last year, the escalating trade war between the US and China has created many headlines, not least in
Modus has placed an order with Saab Seaeye for the next vehicle in its Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAU V)
With 25 projects underway, business is booming for Amels, the Dutch luxury yacht builder.
Andrea Bocelli, the blind Italian tenor and song writer whose work spans both popular music and classical opera is a
Plans have been approved for an iconic building on the banks of the Clyde at Greenock to welcome cruise ship
With the growth of the cruise industry, many ports worldwide have been active in developing or improving their port facilities.
