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Project Lighthouse: New Study of US Jones Act Ships Finds Some with “High-Risk Probability for Severe Accidents and Casualties” that “Require Immediate Action to Control the Potential Hazard…”

A new maritime risk ratings study by this column of “Jones Act” ships designated as “militarily useful” shows that half the ships are far riskier than similar vessels in the world fleet – and two are rated as so risky that the agency advises such ships generally “require immediate action to control the potential hazard.”

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Denied Coast Guard List of 53 “High Risk” Ships, Project Lighthouse (El Faro), Launches Its Own “Ship of Interest List” for Public Use

Denied a key list of 53 ships tagged as “high risk” by Coast Guard inspectors, Project Lighthouse (El Faro) is

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News Summary: Recent Posts, Podcasts, Articles and Books

Here’s a summary of recent posts and a few also pulled from the “evergreen” file. If you’ve not read about

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Four Years After the Loss of the SS El Faro, the Coast Guard has Forced a Reckoning Over America’s Rust Bucket Merchant Marine and Sent Shivers Through the Military “Unready Reserve”

Nearly four years after the loss of the SS El Faro and her crew of 33 on October 1, 2015,

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How a World Class Coast Guard Rescuer Sank a DUKW — And Still Pulled Off an Extraordinary Rescue

Bernie Webber, the famous Coast Guardsman who led the rescue of the SS Pendleton crew, and whose story was told

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“Project Lighthouse:” Passenger, Duck Boat, Ferry and Dive Ship Coast Guard Safety Records Now — Searchable Online. Plus “Ships of Interest List” for Merchant Marine Ships

The loss of the SS El Faro — translated from Spanish as The Lighthouse — prompted the US Coast Guard

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Body Counts in Dive Boat and Duck Boat Tragedies Could Resolve Long Simmering Issues Between Coast Guard and NTSB Over Tougher Safety Standards for Small Passenger Vessels Used by Millions of People

The recent death tolls in dive boat and duck boat accidents may result in the NTSB and Coast Guard finally agreeing on tougher standards.

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For 15 Years, the National Transportation Safety Board Has Warned the US Coast Guard That Preventive Maintenance Reforms Were Urgently Needed to Avoid Catastrophes Such as the Dive Ship “Conception”

For more than 15 years, the National Transportation Safety Board regularly has warned the US Coast Guard that it should urgently strengthen fire safety crew training and require preventive vessel maintenance programs to avoid small passenger ship fires such as the one that killed more than 30 people last week on the dive ship “Conception,” an in-depth look at NTSB records reveals.

November 22, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

The Jones Act is Dead! Long Live the Jones Act

So our latest dispatches determine with conviction that half of America’s Jones Act cargo fleet is every bit as creaky

November 22, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

Congrats Fred Calicchio!

They called them the “Sailing Calicchio Brothers” because Dom, Fred, and Michael all were sea captains. Dom is famous among

November 19, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

An Unapologetic Plug for a New Non-Profit Maritime News Organization and Ian Urbina

Please join me in supporting Ian Urbina’s new non-profit op for covering maritime affairs, the law of the ocean and

November 16, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

News and Summaries

(Note: Restores broken link in Until the Sea Shall Free Them item sent earlier today. Apologies for glitch.) The “Sky

November 16, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

The “Sky Captains” of the NTSB Should Own Their Own “Walk of Shame” for Decades of Inaction in Major Merchant Marine Cases

Quite rightly, the NTSB and Congress have handed the Coast Guard some sharp public “dope slaps” this past week, pointing

November 7, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

Formal Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Delayed by Possible Criminal Charges While Investigators May be Turning to Red Sea Dive Boat Tragedies for Context

The formal start of the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation into the dive boat Conception tragedy is being delayed

October 31, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

Comments and News Summary: Was the “Ready Reserve” Surge More Like the Movie “Master and Commander”? Or “Weekend at Bernie’s”? The World Cup of Maritime Writing. And a Project Lighthouse Summary

Was the “Ready Reserve” Surge More Like the Movie “Master and Commander”? Or “Weekend at Bernie’s”? The “Surge” test

October 28, 2019 Contemporary Commentary

New “Ships of Interest List” Added to Project Lighthouse (El Faro)

Here are the Project Lighthouse (El Faro) rankings of the Ships of Interest List. They are determined by weighted scores

The Frump Report: News, Reviews, Stories and Books from Author Robert R. Frump

Project Lighthouse: New Study of US Jones Act Ships Finds Some with “High-Risk Probability for Severe Accidents and Casualties” that “Require Immediate Action to Control the Potential Hazard…”

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Denied Coast Guard List of 53 “High Risk” Ships, Project Lighthouse (El Faro), Launches Its Own “Ship of Interest List” for Public Use

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News Summary: Recent Posts, Podcasts, Articles and Books

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Four Years After the Loss of the SS El Faro, the Coast Guard has Forced a Reckoning Over America’s Rust Bucket Merchant Marine and Sent Shivers Through the Military “Unready Reserve”

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How a World Class Coast Guard Rescuer Sank a DUKW — And Still Pulled Off an Extraordinary Rescue

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“Project Lighthouse:” Passenger, Duck Boat, Ferry and Dive Ship Coast Guard Safety Records Now — Searchable Online. Plus “Ships of Interest List” for Merchant Marine Ships

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Body Counts in Dive Boat and Duck Boat Tragedies Could Resolve Long Simmering Issues Between Coast Guard and NTSB Over Tougher Safety Standards for Small Passenger Vessels Used by Millions of People

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For 15 Years, the National Transportation Safety Board Has Warned the US Coast Guard That Preventive Maintenance Reforms Were Urgently Needed to Avoid Catastrophes Such as the Dive Ship “Conception”

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The Jones Act is Dead! Long Live the Jones Act

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Congrats Fred Calicchio!

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An Unapologetic Plug for a New Non-Profit Maritime News Organization and Ian Urbina

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News and Summaries

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The “Sky Captains” of the NTSB Should Own Their Own “Walk of Shame” for Decades of Inaction in Major Merchant Marine Cases

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Formal Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Delayed by Possible Criminal Charges While Investigators May be Turning to Red Sea Dive Boat Tragedies for Context

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Comments and News Summary: Was the “Ready Reserve” Surge More Like the Movie “Master and Commander”? Or “Weekend at Bernie’s”? The World Cup of Maritime Writing. And a Project Lighthouse Summary

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New “Ships of Interest List” Added to Project Lighthouse (El Faro)

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