Casualty News

NTSB: Fatal fire started on California dive boat as crew slept

Shortly after 0300 on Sept. 2, a crewmember aboard the dive vessel Conception awoke to an unusual sound. He left his bunk on the ship’s upper level and saw the galley, on the main deck below, engulfed in flames.

by Casey Conley

Coast Guard: Mate at controls fell asleep before tow hit yacht club

The incident involving the towboat Dale Artigue destroyed the facility on the Ohio River

Crewmember missing in La Quinta Channel

Another mariner escaped the vessel Cristi when it sank near Corpus Christi

NTSB: Overheated wiring caused fire that destroyed OSV

Combustible paneling and drapery on Grand Sun contributed to the severity of the incident

Bulker deck hand dies after fall from Indiana dock

The victim is believed to have been reaching for an item when she slipped and fell 15 feet into the water

Multiple groundings prompt Coast Guard safety zone near Corpus Christi

A tug hits a submerged barge being towed in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

NTSB cites lack of maintenance, hull wastage in towboat sinking

Three crew escaped when Miss Roslyn flooded and capsized in the Lower Mississippi

Crewman medevaced after fall aboard Florida tug

The mariner on Legend fell off a ladder and injured his right leg

Barge breaks free on Virginia coast, damages fishing pier

The vessel drifted nearly two miles before hitting the structure in Hampton

Crew escapes after tugboat hits Outer Banks bridge

Miss Bonnie reportedly was pinned against the span while trying to retrieve a barge in a storm

Fuel spills after OSV, tug collide near Port Arthur

The Coast Guard reports 3,000 gallons spilled after the incident involving Cheramie Botruc 22 and Mariya Moran