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Independent Panel Releases Report on Cosco Busan

Started by gcaptain · 11 months ago

San Francisco, CA (28 January): A panel of outside experts formed by the commandant of the Coast Guard to study the response to the Cosco Busan oil spill today released the first of two reports it was chartered to produce. The 120-page ‘Phase I’ report looks at the fi ... Continue reading »

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  • Andrew

    1 year ago

    I have heard rumors to the effect that Capt. Cota (the pilot) was dropped by MOPS, his license insurance provider. Can anyone verify this? And if so, is there a known reason?
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  • john Denham

    1 year ago

    My perusal of the summary disclosed several inconsistancies in the BREIF TIMELINE OF EVENTS. From events 0820 through 0829 does not appear navigationally feasible. If this is a pre-cursor of the ISPR expertness, we will never know why the COSCO BUSAN allided with the fender on D tower. My chart analysis using reported speed and stated facts produce different situations than can have actually happened. I feel the statements maybe true but are not sequentlualy correct.
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  • reader

    1 year ago

    The period 08:27:27 PST - 08:31:37 PST is reasonably well documented in an animation here:

    http://s3.amazonaws.com/gcaptain-s3/maritime/vi...

    as explained here:

    http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/cosco-busan-g...

    It is my understanding that the ISPR was meant to deal with the response to the allision, leaving the cause of the allision to other investigations; in particular but not limited to the NTSB.
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  • reader

    1 year ago

    There is a reasonably good timed animation showing the the period 08:28:52 PST - 08:31:37 PST here:
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/gcaptain-s3/maritime/vi...

    as explained here:
    Cosco Busan - ECDIS Tracking w/ Google Maps
    http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/cosco-busan-g...
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  • john Denham

    1 year ago

    The present ISPR report as I understand is part1 of 2 reports. I found the brief timeline in the introduction-summary to be inconsistant with the animation and navigational data. With the 0827- 0831 animation I found further conflicts with the probable scenario.
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  • john Denham

    1 year ago

    The present ISPR report as I understand is part1 of 2 reports. I found the brief timeline in the introduction-summary to be inconsistant with the animation and navigational data. With the 0827- 0831 animation I found further conflicts with the probable scenario.
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