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01 Aug 2012

Warships Protect Drifting Tanker in Pirate Waters

WHILE Royal Navy ships protect the London Olympics others have rushed to prevent a pirate attack in the Middle East. The minehunters HMS Middleton and HMS Pembroke were in the Gulf of Aden on their way home when they received a distress call from the MV New Delhi Express on July 27th. The 40,000-tonne merchant ship, laden with valuable containers, contacted HMS Middleton to say she was 12 miles to the south west and had suffered an engine failure. That meant she was an easy target for the pirates who operate in the gulf between Somalia and Yemen.

31 May 2007

NTSB Determines Pilot’s Maneuvering Error in 2006 Accident

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the grounding of the New Delhi Express was the error of the docking pilot in not using all available resources to determine the vessel's position as he navigated the Kill Van Kull waterway. Contributing to the cause of the grounding was the failure of both pilots to practice good bridge resource management. "This accident could have been prevented if previously issued safety recommendations regarding bridge resource management had been implemented," said NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker. On April 15, 2006, the container ship New Delhi Express arrived at the entrance of New York Harbor after a transatlantic voyage. Aboard the vessel were a master, 21 crewmembers, three passengers, and a Sandy Hook pilot.

22 May 2007

NTSB to Conduct Meeting on May 30

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will meet in Washington, DC on May 30 to consider the Marine Accident Brief on the grounding of the container ship New Delhi Express in New York Harbor on April 15, 2006 and the Aircraft Accident Report on the crash of the flying boat in the Port of Miami on December 19, 2005. Source: HK Law