Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Bob Couttie, MAIIF, casualties, maritime accidents on Jun 30th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! If you want to know how how maritime accidents are investigated, what they look for etc. then I’d recommend the Maritime Accident Investigator’s International Forum manuals, click here to go to the MAIIF page. The site itself doesn’t seem to be updated [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! M/V DENDEN (Eritrea, 6977gt), Mangalore for Dubai, capsized in heavy seas less than one mile off the Mangalore, India -23-June-2007. Two seamen have died and 12 others were injured. It was reported that the chief engineer made error in switching from an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! We’ve had some technical problems with The Case of the Silent Assassin, hopefully now sorted. An apology to those who failed to download the podcast. The transcript is now availale in the transcripts section.
Posted in Bob Couttie, Houston, Sapphire, Uncategorized, casualties, chemical, inert gas, inerting, maritime accidents, nitrogen, oil, oxygen, podcast, safe tank entry procedure on Jun 28th, 2007
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Ships are dangerous places for the badly trained, the unwary, the careless. In this case two seafarers were killed by almost nothing.
The Case of the Silent Assassin
Listen to the podcast and read the illustrated transcript here
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Introduction
Sea transportation remains the most cost effective and environmentally friendly way of getting goods from one side of the world to the other, yet it comes with a cost - maritime incidents cost around $1 million a day. Not all incidents are [...]
Posted in ECDIS, Fatigue, Hull, Kiel Canal, Transas, Uncategorized, casualties, maritime accidents, podcast on Jun 25th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! An exhausted Captain; single watch-keeping; a warm, cozy bridge at night; the heavy traffic of the Kiel Canal, and pirated navigational software. If you think that sounds like a recipe for disaster, you’d be absolutely right.
The Case of the Cozy Captain
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