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The Deputy Premier almost split the Coalition last year but now all seems forgiven. Six months ago, many Liberals were hoping that their increasingly erratic NSW Nationals colleague John Barilaro would not return from a period of self-imposed mental health leave. Barilaro had few friends in the Liberals. The Nationals leader had just led his troops to the precipice in protest against a then little-known koala planning policy, which had been causing tensions in the Coalition for months. Premier Gladys Berejiklian held her nerve and told him to back down or she would appoint an all-Liberal cabi...

The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board on Friday concluded the formal public hearing to review and consider evidence related the loss of the commercial fishing vessel Scandies Rose. The hearing was conducted virtually via zoom. The 130-foot crab fishing vessel Scandies Rose, homeported in Dutch Harbor, sank near Sutwik Island, Alaska at approximately 10 p.m. on Dec 31, 2019, with seven crew members aboard. Two were rescued, however five crew members weren’t recovered after a search that spanned over 20 hours, 1,400 square miles. The loss of the fishing vessel marked...

Expert testimony on deadly Scandies Rose sinking in Gulf of Alaska forces new look at safety rules for crab boats Published February 25 This undated photo shows the Scandies Rose vessel in Seattle. The 130-foot crab fishing boat from Dutch Harbor sank on New Year's Eve 2019. Two crew members were rescued while five others died. (Mike Fancher/The Seattle Times via AP) Share on Facebook Print article Three Washington state naval architects this week laid out a damning critique of flaws in a federal rule that guides the loading of crab boats amid dangerous, icy conditions off Alaska. Their...

× By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times Published: February 26, 2021, 7:34am Share: This undated photo shows the Scandies Rose vessel in Seattle. The search for five crew members of the Scandies Rose in Alaska has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard said after two other crew members of the vessel were rescued after the 130-foot crab fishing boat from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, sank on New Year's Eve.(Mike Fancher/The Seattle Times via AP) Three Washington naval architects this week laid out a damning critique of flaws in a federal rule that guides the loading of crab boats amid ...

Three Washington naval architects with deep experience in the North Pacific fishing industry testified this week about serious flaws in a federal regulation that guides crucial stability calculations for ice buildup on the fleet of more than 60 Bering Sea crab boats. This information has prompted the Coast Guard to reexamine the rule. The naval architects say the Coast Guard regulation underestimates how much ice can build up on a boat during chill bouts of weather, fails to take into account that it may form unevenly, and also ignores the potential for dense ice within the webbed interior of...