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Third and final hearing into El Faro disaster to begin Monday
The third and final round of the US Coast Guard’s (USCG) Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) hearings into the El…
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Date set for third and final round of hearings into El Faro disaster
The US Coast Guard (USCG) announced on Friday that the third and final Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing…
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El Faro audio transcripts capture haunting final moments
Transcripts of audio from the bridge of the sunken cargo ship El Faro were released on Tuesday, revealing a growing…
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NTSB set to release audio transcript from El Faro VDR
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Wednesday it will soon release the transcript of the audio recording…
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Tote ignores warnings on Hurricane Matthew, one year on from El Faro sinking
Tote Maritime says they plan to continue their regular liner schedule despite Hurricane Matthew wreaking havoc in the Caribbean, reports…
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Two more families of El Faro crew members accept settlements
Two families of crewmen lost in the El Faro cargo ship disaster on Tuesday accepted settlement amounts in their wrongful…
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Review of first hearings into El Faro disaster is complete
The US Coast Guard (USCG) announced on Wednesday that its Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) has completed its review of…
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El Faro sank 10 minutes after captain had called to abandon ship
The US’s National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) has revealed the harrowing, scary lead up to the sinking of the…
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NTSB set to begin first phase of examining El Faro’s VDR
The US National Transportation Board (NTSB) on Monday was set to begin examination of the voyage data recorder (VDR) from…
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VDR of sunken El Faro has been successfully recovered
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) of sunken cargo vessel El…
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Mission to recover El Faro VDR set to begin
The delayed mission to recover sunken cargo vessel El Faro’s voyage data recorder (VDR) is set to begin. National Transportation…
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Mission to recover El Faro’s VDR is postponed
The mission to recover the voyage data recorder (VDR) from sunken freighter El Faro has been postponed says the US…
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El Faro VDR recovery mission will set off in July
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Monday that a mission to recover the voyage data recorder (VDR)…
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Three more families of El Faro victims settle with Tote
Three more families of crew members who died in last year’s sinking of the cargo vessel El Faro have accepted…
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Second round of El Faro hearings comes to an end
A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator on Friday attempted to re-cast his Thursday comment about the “colossal failure” of…
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El Faro sinking an ‘accident’, not a ‘colossal failure of management’
A senior executive of ship owners Tote on Thursday told the US Coast Guard hearing into the El Faro sinking…
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USCG inspectors found El Faro in good working order seven months before sinking
US Coast Guard (USCG) inspectors who examined El Faro seven months before its tragic final journey found the vessel in…
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Lifeboat inspections in focus as El Faro hearing continues
The hearing into the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro was told on Tuesday that the annual inspection of…
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Nothing unusual about how El Faro cargo was secured, panel told
There was nothing unusual about how the cargo was secured on the El Faro for the cargo vessel’s fateful final…
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Tote failed to notify ABS of El Faro equipment add-ons, panel hears
El Faro’s owners failed to notify surveyors of some hefty additions to equipment on board. However, although the changes added…
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