In a podcast series by the shipping industry newspaper TradeWinds, we investigate the sinking of the cargoship El Faro, which took the lives of all 33 onboard as it sank in October 2015. Visit tradewindsnews.com
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As we continue to explore the factors under investigation following the deadly sinking of the cargoship El Faro, we look into the safety regime that saw the US Coast Guard outsource much of its inspection authority.By TradeWinds
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Nearly one year after TOTE Maritime's cargoship El Faro sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin, our investigation looks at the lives of all 33 of the men and women who went down with the US-flag vessel.By TradeWinds
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In TradeWinds' continuing series on the sinking of the cargoship El Faro, we explore decisions to allow the ship's owner to upgrade the decades-old ship without bringing up to the latest safety standards.By TradeWinds
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Three decades before the sinking of El Faro, the bulk carrier Marine Electric went down in what was the last US-flag shipping casualty with a death toll of this magnitude. In this third installment of TradeWinds' Sunken Lighthouse podcast, we ask whether there are any lessons we should have learned from this casualty but didn't 30 years later. Visi…
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In the second episode of the Sunken Lighthouse, TradeWinds' investigation into the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, we look back at the history of the company that owned the ship, TOTE Maritime.By TradeWinds
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In a podcast series by the shipping industry newspaper TradeWinds, we investigate the sinking of the cargoship El Faro, which took the lives of all 33 onboard as it sank in October 2015.By TradeWinds
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