Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in piracy on Sep 30th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Ships have same structure that prompted warnings about Queen of …
Globe and Mail - Canada
Now, with a final report on the Queen of the North’s fatal 2006 sinking expected as early as next week, the safety of two other BC Ferries ships [...]
Posted in piracy on Sep 29th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Safety probe after rig collapse
Times & Star - Workington,Lake District,UK
Investigators have already ruled out a theory that the leg went through the remains of the English-registered cargo vessel Grayfield, which was wrecked on
BC Ferries loses legal bid to include hard-drive [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! Those who know the east coast of India will be aware of Adam’s Bridge, known in India as Ram Sethu, Rama’s Bridge. It is a chain of shoals forming 18 islands stretching from India to Sri Lanka, once a sandbank that may [...]
Posted in MAIB, MAIB. Maritime accident, collision on Sep 28th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Newfoundland ferry disaster drill turns into real thing
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
… superintendent of Maritime Search and Rescue. The condition of the three, remaining in hospital, was not known. The accident happened around noon on the
Mersey ferry crash: Steam Packet [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! Australia’s Transport Safety Board has issued its final report on the severe burning of a seafarer aboard the MSC Sonia when steam was vented while he was in the funnel painting the main engine exhaust pipes. The steam badly scalded the seafarer [...]
Posted in Gibraltar, North Sea, Oakland, South African Navy, US Navy, Viking Islay, Vroon, collision, fatality, maritime accidents, maritime security, port safety on Sep 27th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! 3 Crew Dead After North Sea Accident
Posted 09/25/07 at 12:21 PM
Three crewmembers died after an accident aboard a rescue vessel on the North Sea, the boat’s owners said Sunday. The accident is under investigation by Britain’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch. The men, [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! My Story: Diving the ‘M/V Shelly’
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Lifeboats deployed automatically but not used during the sinking hover above us, skewed and damaged, still partly tied to the vessel.
Australian man received payout over maritime disaster
Radio Australia - Australia
The accident was [...]
Posted in IMB, International Maritime Bureau, Nigeria, Somalia, piracy on Sep 25th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! The International Maritime Bureau has issued the following weekly report
Recently reported incidents
14.09.2007: 0330 UTC: 06:18N - 003:22E, Lagos anchorage, Nigeria.
Deck crew onboard a tanker carrying out STS operations noticed two small boats in [...]
Posted in IDESS IT on Sep 25th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Well, sort of. IDESS Interactive Technologies, which makes computer based training programs has made a rather nice animated adaption of The Case of the Silent Assassin (Yes, they did get permission first - MAC episodes are copyright) . As soon as [...]
Posted in AHTS, Bourbon Dolphin, MSF, Maritime Safety Forum, anchor, capsize, marine safety forum on Sep 25th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! MSF, Marine Safety Forum, has set up a work programme in response to the Bourbon Dolphin tragedy in April, 2007, to respond to industry concerns and actions raisedf by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate. A full enquiry is current underway by the NMD.
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