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The grounding of the high-speed passenger ferry Commodore in New York's East River that resulted in $2.5 million in damage to the Seastreak-owned and -operated vessel was largely a result of a software flaw that saw the catamaran's operators lose primary speed and steering control of both port waterjets, the National Transportation Safety Board said in October. However, NTSB investigators also found that better training for toss of propulsion or steering would have enhanced the captain's response to the emergency, either using back-up controls or by shutting the engines down. One minor injury was reported among the seven crewmembers and 107 passengers. The Department of the Interior announced in October that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Dec. 6 for areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off central and northern California. This will be the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on the U.S. West Coast and the first-ever U.S. sale to support potential commercial-scale floating offshore wind energy development. |