• July 30, 2021
• News, Offshore, Oil & Gas

Capsized SEACOR Power on the evening of the accident, with a Coast Guard response boat in the foreground. [U.S. Coast Guard photograph]

The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct a formal public hearing starting Monday, August 2 in Houma, La., to consider evidence related to the capsizing of the liftboat SEACOR Power and the loss of all but six of its 19 crewmembers.

The hearing will take place at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Houma, La, and the event is open to the public. It is scheduled to convene daily at 8 a.m. CDT on weekdays, August 2 through August 13. Those who cannot attend in person will be able to watch online at: https://livestream.com/uscginvestigations. The hearing sessions will also be archived on the livestream website so the public can view them at a later time.

The National Transportation Safety Board is the lead agency in the investigation. It will participate in the Coast Guard public hearing, but will produce an independent report with its own findings.

Anyone wishing to provide information that may assist the investigation and the public hearing can submit that information via email to: [email protected]

The SEACOR Power capsized, April 13, 2021, approximately seven miles south of Port Fourchon, La., in the Gulf of Mexico with 19 crewmembers aboard. Six crewmembers were initially rescued, and six were recovered unresponsive during the course of the response. Coast Guard boat and aircrews, local agencies, and good Samaritans searched for a cumulative 175 hours, covering more than 9,200 square nautical miles, over the course of six days before suspending the search for the remaining seven crewmembers April 19.