SERVICES-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS

Accident Investigations

Since it’s founding in 1968, C.R. Cushing & Co. has had a long history of investigating accidents and catastrophes at sea.  We can provide 3-D animations to simulate the sequences of accidents.

Accidents that C. R. Cushing & Co. has investigated:

• Accident reconstruction
• Study of the structural failure and sinking of a tanker for the Liberian government.
• Investigation, analysis and solution to bottom shell cracking problems on a class of eight containerships.
• Study and repair design of a major structural failure in a double bottom of an ITB tank barge.
• Study of the sinking of the tanker Spartan Lady.
• Investigation into the structural failure of a tanker which grounded in the Houston Ship Channel.
• Study of the grounding and damage to the tanker Sea Saint.
• Investigation of the corrosion rates of ULCCs and VLCCs.
• Investigation of the capsizing and subsequent sinking of containerships, including the Munchen, the Poet, and the Tuxpan.
• Studied the alleged grounding and total collapse of the hull girder of a tanker.
• Investigation of buckling and subsequent break up of a bulk carrier.
• Studied the alleged break up and disappearance of a four year old containership.
• Investigated the cause of the capsizing of a cruise ship subsequent to a grounding.
• Carried out several investigations of capsizings and sinkings of ocean barges while under tow.
• Investigated numerous cargo losses, cargo damages and personal injuries.
• Analyzed the arrangement of mooring lines and mooring line strength for containership on which mooring lines broke.
• Sinking of the Ukrainian bulkcarrier Salvadore Allende.
• Loss of containers containing highly toxic chemicals from the Santa Clar.a
• Exxon Valdez grounding and track analyses, causes for grounding, double hull analysis, testimony cases held in Anchorage and in Houston.
• Sundancer sinking analysis.
• The sinking of the M/V Golden Chariot.
• The loss of the tanker Hawaiian Patriot.
• Seaworthiness of the tanker Alsterstern.
• Risk analysis and testimony in asbestos and benzene cases.
• Causes for the grounding of the M/V Mantinia.
• Causes for the loss of the deck cargo from the M/V Captain Panos.
• A study of the fire on the passenger ship Rotterdam.
• Technical assistance concerning the charter party dispute on the M/V Dan Xia Shan.
• Technical analysis of the sinking of the tanker PRESTIGE.
• Analysis of the hull failure and sinking of the M/V MSC CARLA.
• Analyses on the fire and explosions on several vessels due to the spontaneous combustion of calcium hypochlorite.
• An analysis of the capsizing of the pilot boat GALTEX.
• Collision M/V Virgo  
• Grounding M/V White Sea
• Stand alone (Independent) collision investigations involving these vessels: Nirint Progress, Linda E, M/V Jorita, and a Hess Barge.