ABYC A-6-2023 addresses the design, construction, and installation of refrigeration and air conditioning systems on boats.| The ANSI Blog
Understanding the balance between weight and durability is crucial in inflatable boat manufacturing. Learn how the advantages of Erez TPU fabrics and REZcoat™ textiles make a significant difference in building better inflatable boats.| EREZ Technical Textiles
Understanding the balance between weight and durability is crucial in inflatable boat manufacturing. Learn how the advantages of Erez TPU fabrics and REZcoat™ textiles make a significant difference in building better inflatable boats.| EREZ Technical Textiles
Understanding the balance between weight and durability is crucial in inflatable boat manufacturing. Learn how the advantages of Erez TPU fabrics and REZcoat™ textiles make a significant difference in building better inflatable boats.| EREZ Technical Textiles
Jeanette Russell’s son Marc died in 2021 off the coast of Mary’s Harbour| The Independent
Understanding the balance between weight and durability is crucial in inflatable boat manufacturing. Learn how the advantages of Erez TPU fabrics and REZcoat™ textiles make a significant difference in building better inflatable boats.| EREZ Technical Textiles
May 22-28, 2021, has been designated as National Safe Boating Week, which kicks off a yearlong campaign promoting the importance of wearing a life jacket. In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @ NTSB, we talk with Morgan Turrell, Director, NTSB Office of Marine Safety, about the 2021-2022 Most Wanted List safety item Improve Passenger and Fishing Vessel … Continue reading Episode 39: Marine Safety→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt May 22–28 is National Safe Boating Week, calling to mind well known campaigns against boating while intoxicated, distracted operations, and promoting proper use of life jackets on watercraft. But the present NTSB Most Wanted List puts a special emphasis on a lesser-known issue: the safety of passenger vessels and commercial … Continue reading Improving Passenger and Fishing Vessel Safety→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
Reflective Life Jackets, such as those utilizing Erez's GlowSpot technology, is a critical necessity that regulators have yet to mandate.| EREZ Technical Textiles
Choosing the right life jacket materials means producing ISO-certified life jackets with glow-in-the-dark elements that help save lives.| EREZ Technical Textiles
In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @NTSB, we introduce our new podcast co-host, NTSB Transportation Safety Specialist Anthony Lam, and learn about his background in aviation safety and podcasting. We also say “farewell, and thanks” to Stephanie Shaw, as she steps down from her co-hosting role to focus on other initiatives at NTSB. Subscribe to us … Continue reading Episode 59: NTSB Transportation Safety Specialist Anthony Lam→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
Erez prioritizes quality and environmental sustainability, upholding technical textiles industry standards with ISO 9001 & 14001.| EREZ Technical Textiles
In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @NTSB, we talk with staff from the Office of Marine Safety, the Office of Railroad, Pipeline, and Hazardous Materials Investigations, and the Office of Research and Engineering, about the investigation of the 2021 Anchor Strike of Underwater Pipeline and Eventual Crude Oil Release in San Pedro Bay off the coast … Continue reading Episode 56: San Pedro Bay Marine and Pipeline Investigation→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By James Scheffer, Strategic Advisor, NTSB Office of Marine Safety It’s been 40 years since the large bulk carrier SS Marine Electric tragically sank on February 12, 1983, off the Virginia coast. Nearly all aboard—31 of 34 souls—were lost. But I remember the events of that tragic day as if they happened yesterday. On that … Continue reading 40 Years Later, The Marine Electric Sinking Remembered→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Morgan Turrell, Director of the Office of Marine Safety New Year’s Eve is a time of celebration and remembrance. Three years ago, on December 31, 2019, as the new year was being rung in across t…| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
In a new episode of our Behind-the-Scene @NTSB podcast, we talk with Morgan Turrell, Director, Office of Marine Safety about the lessons learned from the 2019 Conception disaster. To learn more about the NTSB Conception investigation, and to access the full investigative report and docket, visit our investigation webpage. For more information about the NTSB Most … Continue reading Episode 51: Conception Investigation→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Chair Jennifer Homendy Three years ago, I launched with the NTSB Go Team to Santa Barbara, California, to investigate the deadliest U.S. marine accident in decades. On September 2, 2019, the Conception dive boat caught fire in the early morning hours, burned to the waterline, and sank less than 100 feet from shore. Tragically, … Continue reading Time for Action: Passenger Vessel Safety Can’t Wait→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Jeff Marcus, Chief, NTSB Safety Recommendations Division In many states, when using motorized recreational vessels, or engaging in activities like canoeing, kayaking, and standup paddleboarding, operators are not required to attend a boating safety course, obtain a license or certificate, be familiar with the navigation rules (commonly called the “Rules of the Road”), or … Continue reading Salute to the US Coast Guard’s Persistence in Improving Recreational Boating Safety→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Nicholas Worrell, Chief, NTSB Safety Advocacy Division In August, 2019, I wrote that Safe Skies for Africa was ending, but that the safety journey would go on in Africa, the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent. Earlier this month, it was my pleasure to represent the NTSB in a presentation about best practices in safety … Continue reading Improving Safety in the Second-Largest Continent→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Chair Jennifer Homendy Two years ago today, a preventable tragedy became one of the worst maritime events in US history. At about 3:14 a.m. on September 2, 2019, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) received a distress call from the Conception, a 75-foot-long small passenger vessel operated by Truth Aquatics, Inc. The Labor Day fire … Continue reading Two-years Later: Conception Tragedy Still a Reminder that More Should Be Done to Improve Passenger Vessel Safety→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt I guess it all started on an overcast day in 1973, when I found myself on the scene of a fatal aviation crash for the first time. I had heard of the crash on my car radio, and, as a curious 17‑year-old, I decided to find the crash location. Once … Continue reading I Lived My Dream: Looking Back on 15 years at NTSB→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog