NTSB Safety Recommendation M-08-10

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Title: NTSB Safety Recommendation M-08-10

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        NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

August 20, 2008

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Safety Recommendation M-08-10

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The Safety Board believes that the Board of New Orleans - Baton Rouge
Steamship Pilot Examiners for the Mississippi River should take the following
action:

Verify that the pilots assigned to challenging locations such as the Apex dock
have received adequate training in docking and undocking large vessels at such
locations. (M-08-10)

As a result of its investigation of the Kition accident, the Safety Board also issued
recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard.

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http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2008/M08_10.pdf  

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