Engine Room Fires Highlight the Need For Preventative Measures

Fire engulfed the wheelhouse of the F/V NOBSKA so quickly that the crew had no chance to broadcast a mayday call. Thankfully, a crewmember was able to activate the EPIRB before deploying the life raft at the stern of the 99-foot fishing trawler. When Coast Guard aircraft arrived an hour later, the ship was consumed…

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Findings Show the Sinking of the Emmy Rose Could Have Been Prevented

When the groundfish trawler F/V EMMY ROSE headed for Gloucester on the night of November 22, 2020, the four members of the crew were giddy with laughter, excited to be coming home with the “biggest catch they’d ever had.” Throughout the evening, crew members talked with friends and family shoreside using the vessel’s satellite phone.…

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