The Titanic sparked major reforms So did the SS El Faro

Recent Maritime Tales: From the SS El Faro to the SS Poet, to Modern Day “Press Gangs” Off the Texas Coast

Modern Day “Impressment” in the Bouchard IncidentBouchard Barges and the Concept of Modern Press GangesIs the situation with those Bouchard

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The Long, Slow Tide of El Faro Reform May Make This the Most Significant Era for Safety Improvement Since the Titanic

No one saw tons of change coming from the initial report on the 2015 tragedy. But the tide keeps rising and rising — to a point where it may now have provided the most significant maritime safety reforms in more than 100 years.

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Boom! Bang! Dang! With Third World Standards, One of America’s Largest Petroleum Barge Companies Has Posed an Active Safety and Pollution Threat to New York and Texas Coasts, the Coast Guard Says

 Boom First the company ran an old rusty barge to the point where vapors seeped out and it exploded killing

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