Operators of Cargo Ship in SF Bay Spill Fined $10M
Chinese operator of ship that caused 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill fined $10M SAN FRANCISCO February 19, 2010 (AP) A federal judge has ordered a Hong Kong-based company to...
View ArticleOperators of Cosco Busan agree to pay local fisherman $3.6m in damages
The owners and operators of the Cosco Busan, Fleet Management Ltd. and Regal Stone Ltd., have agreed to pay San Francisco’s local commercial fishermen approximately $3.65 million in damages as...
View ArticleCivil Settlement Reached in Cosco Busan Allision
Federal and state government officials said Monday they reached a $44.4 million settlement with the operator of a oil tanker container ship that crashed into the San Francisco Bay Bridge...
View ArticleContainer Shipping Companies – The Ten Largest Visualized
UDPATED: January 2012 The data visualization above represents the worlds 10 largest container shipping companies by TEU capacity. WORLD TEU CAPACITY: 15,899,687 For those who prefer more traditional...
View ArticleFormer Cosco Busan Pilot, John Cota, Wants His License Back [REPORT]
John Cota, the former San Francisco ship pilot who shot to notoriety after crashing the M/V Cosco Busan into the Bay Bridge on a typical foggy morning in November 2007,...
View ArticleNTSB: Coast Guard’s Post-Accident Drug and Alcohol Testing Standards Are Too Lax
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday issued a recommendation to the U.S. Coast Guard that would subject Coast Guard personnel involved in serious marine incidents to timely post-accident...
View ArticleNBC News: Navigating the Seas of the San Francisco Bay [VIDEO]
NBC Bay Area’s Joe Rosato Jr. gives us an inside look at the training process San Francisco Bar pilots go through, including simulator training held at the California Maritime Academy...
View ArticleWas Speed a Factor in the Overseas Reymar Allision?
As the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board launch their investigation into Monday’s tanker allision with the San Francisco Bay Bridge, information available to the public has...
View ArticleOSG Tanker Cleared to Sail After Bridge Allision
The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday said that it has completed interviews, evidence collection, and a thorough safety inspection onboard the Overseas Reymar tanker and has cleared the vessel to...
View ArticleJohn Cota Suing Coast Guard Over License
John Cota, the infamous San Francisco bar pilot who crashed the Cosco Busan into the Bay Bridge in 2007, is suing the U.S. Coast Guard to get his license back....
View ArticleInfamous Cosco Busan Pilot Will NOT Get His License Back
John Cota, the former San Francisco pilot who infamously crashed the M/V Cosco Busan into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on a typical foggy morning in November 2007 causing the discharge of some...
View Article“I think the pilot turned off the radio!”
By Owen Palmiotti (Coeval, Inc.)…I may have been in diapers when I first learned about communicating. Back then, I was most likely talking to my brother about which crayon tasted...
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