The Sunken Lighthouse is TradeWinds' podcast exploring the sinking of the ro-ro El Faro, a TOTE Maritime-controlled ship whose loss killed all 33 people onboard.
Over several episodes, the series is exploring the many possible factors under investigation in this tragedy and seeking to identify potential industry changes that could help prevent it from happening again.
The sinking of the 5,330-lane-metre El Faro (built 1975), whose name means "The Lighthouse" in Spanish, was the deadliest US-flag shipping casualty in at least three decades.
Episode 4: Major conversion
In 2002, El Faro owner TOTE Maritime carried out a project to add container capacity to the roll-on, roll-off vessel.
