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free-fall lifeboat accidents are relatively rare.
This one was just a drop in the ocean.
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Like us? Bookmark this article! Poor bridge team management lay behind the 7th December 2007 grounding of the Australian-registered bulker Endeavour River says the Australian Transport Safety Board, ATSB.
Says the ATSB: “On the afternoon of 2 December 2007, the Australian registered bulk carrier Endeavour River grounded in [...]
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Posted in ATSB, Australia, Fire, fire safety on May 28th, 2008
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Like us? Bookmark this article! Australia’s Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the fire aboard the BBC Islander last August. It isn’t a pretty sight. A fitter who couldn’t understand the ship’s SMS hot work requirements because it was in English, inadequate SMS procedures for [...]
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Like us? Bookmark this article! Just released by the ATSB:
On the morning of 23 April, the Australian fishing vessel Peter Crombie was at anchor about 30 miles south of Robe, South Australia and the vessel’s three crew members were below decks sleeping. The Panamanian registered bulk carrier [...]
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Like us? Bookmark this article! Australia’s Transport Safety Bureau has released two incident reports, one involving improperly packed hazardous cargo in a container and one about an engine failure due to a fatigued gudgeon pin and questionable maintenance.
Independent investigation into the leakage of dangerous goods on [...]
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Like us? Bookmark this article! I’ve hesitated to comment on the Sydney Morning Herald, SMH, report regarding the Pasha Bulker partly because I don’t really care who wins the Australian election in November unless it’s Edna Everidge, in which case my investment in gladioli futures will pay [...]
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Posted in ATSB, Offshore tug, grounding on Oct 2nd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! This, from the ATSB’s report on the grounding of the offshore tug Massive Tide on 29 August 2006 doesn’t need much comment:
“The radar mounted next to the chart table was not working on 29 August or over the preceding days. Consequently, the [...]
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Posted in ATSB, Australia, Sonia, burns, steam on Sep 27th, 2007
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 [...]
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Posted in ATSB, Australia, Bob Couttie, Cape Kestrel, accident reporting, bulk carrier, casualties, falls, lifeboat, maritime accidents, on-load, podcast, seafarer fatalities on Jul 13th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Where is the most dangerous place on your ship? The cargo holds? The chain locker? The galley? The rolling deck in a storm? No. The most dangerous place on your ship is the one place you really, really want to be when [...]
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