Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in anchoring on Jul 17th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! After the loss of the ATHS Bourbon Dolphin and eight of its crew in 2007 while moving anchor during a rig moves, the Marine Safety Forum set up a workgroup to develop generic guidelines coverting rigmove operations. The guidlines are now available [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! With the typhoon season getting well underway the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued anchoring guidelines to help masters avoid joining Pasha Bulker on the ‘Oops Roster’. They might also be useful to bear in mind when dropping the hook elsewhere in [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! The ATSB has found that the grounding of Pasha Bulker on Nobbys Beach on 8 June 2007 occurred despite a gale warning that should have prompted the master to ballast the ship for heavy weather and take it to sea. [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! In the wake of the Bourbon Dolphin disaster, the Marine Safety Forum’s Anchor Handling Workshop has issued a manual for anchor handling guidance. The 45 page publication is available in PDF format and can be downloaded here.
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