ROCKLAND — “Upon seeing the sketch of the faceless seaman and sailors, I actually got chills with such a tremendous tribute to the crew,” said CDR John Buckley (retired), U.S. Navy, who wore his…
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ROCKLAND — The hand is carved from metal, but it is Jay Sawyer’s hand. Intricately carved details raised in permanent salute from an empty maritime uniform have been lovingly crafted by this…
a third of the way through fundraising efforts
ROCKLAND — Maine Maritime Academy grad and former merchant marine Jay Sawyer is using his second career as a sculptor to erect an El Faro memorial in Rockland.
The ambitious…
Blames company, U.S. Bureau of Shipping, and Coast Guard itself
WASHINGTON -- The Coast Guard today released the Final Action Memo regarding the loss of the S.S. El Faro and its 33 crewmembers during a 2015 hurricane near Crooked Island, Bahamas.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday that the mission to recover the El Faro voyage data recorder will be launched from Little Creek, Va.,…
Second round of hearings underway in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A second round of Marine Board of Investigation hearings is underway in Jacksonville, Fla., this week, as officials continue to gather information into the circumstances…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The investigative team aboard the research vessel Atlantis who located El Faro's voyage data recorder Tuesday have determined it will not be possible to…
Next steps are to photo-document, retrieve VDR
WASHINGTON — A team of investigators and scientists, using remotely operated undersea search equipment, have located the voyage data recorder of the cargo ship El Faro, which sank off the…
Watch the hearing live via streaming online...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 17) — Day two of the U.S. Coast Guard’s public Marine Board of Investigation hearing into the loss of the steam ship El Faro, and its 33 crew members, is underway…
WASHINGTON. D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday that it would launch a second expedition to search for evidence in its investigation of the loss of the cargo ship…
U.S. Coast Guard to hold Marine Board of Investigation hearing Feb. 16-26
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The families of 10 El Faro crew members, killed when the container ship sank Oct. 1, 2015, off the Bahamian coast after running into Hurricane Joaquin, have reached a…
Tonight, on ‘60 Minutes’
On Sunday, Jan. 3, CBS’s 60 Minutes is airing a segment on the El Faro sinking, the search for the ship and the investigation by the National Transportation Safety…
Attorneys: ‘Our role is to protect the rights of the Randolph and Meklin families’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Attorneys representing the families of deceased El Faro crew members Danielle Randolph and Dylan Meklin, who both hailed from Rockland, have filed documents opposing…
Vessel upright, stern buried in approximately 30 feet of sediment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Updated Nov. 3) The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday afternoon said that searches by a U.S. Navy remote…
Celebration of life Oct. 25 in Rockport
In honor of Dylan Meklin, a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy who was lost at sea Oct. 1 aboard the cargo ship El Faro, Governor…
National Transportation Safety Board...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an update Tuesday into its continuing investigation of the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean near…
Obituary
ROCKLAND - Dylan Oke Meklin, 23, of Rockland, was lost at sea on Oct. 1, 2015, aboard the SS El Faro, off Crooked Islands, Bahamas, in Hurricane Joaquin. Dylan was born in Rockport on Feb…
Memorial service today in Port Clyde
In honor of Danielle Randolph, a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy who was lost at sea aboard the cargo ship El Faro,…
Coast Guard suspends search for survivors of El Faro, crew names released
MIAMI, Fla. (UPDATED Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.) — The commander of U.S. Coast Guard 7th District in Miami, Fla., issued a statement Wednesday evening, confirming that the…
