As the El Faro Wreck Nears Ten Years Past, A New Masterpiece Emerges in Maeve McGoran’s “Shipwreck: How a Captain, Company and Culture Sank The SS El Faro”
Think you know a lot about the SS El Faro? I sure do. I read three great books about the
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Days of Wine and Rogue Waves: The 1960 SS Angelo Petri Cabernet Tanker Incident Off San Francisco
(This continues a series on “serial sinkers” – ships that had to be rescued more than once. Hope you enjoy
The SS El Faro Sailed into Hurricane Joaquin and Maritime History Seven Years Ago Today to Become the Most Significant American Wreck of the 21st Century
The SS El Faro and her crew of 33 disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin seven years ago today and the matter
In the SS El Faro Aftermath, Tote Maritime Legal Team Still Fighting Minor Civil Sanctions Proposed by the Coast Guard
Nearly two and a half years after the El Faro Coast Guard casualty report and four and a half year
Ten Top Things Wrong with the Merchant Marine
gcaptain.com/top-10-reasons-why-the-us-merchant-marine-is-failing/ Captain Conrad and gCap nail it
February in Review: From Bad Barges to the Bad Boards of Review to the Marine Electric and the Jones Act
We covered some ground in February. Here is a recap of posts for the month. (Note: Last post here is
Author/Family Query: Seeking Paul Dewey, Marine Electric Survivor
Paul Dewey was one of three survivors of the Marine Electric and helped change maritime safety history by testifying at
The Smithsonian Documentary Gets Some of ‘El Faro’ Right, But Misses the Real Outcome — and Fabricates a Vital Scene
Comes now the Smithsonian Channel with its latest installment of famous ship wrecks, and to its credit, presents some first
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.