Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Bob Couttie, accident reporting, maritime accidents, maritime safety news on Jul 27th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! From Safety At Sea:
Master guilty of delayed reporting
WELLINGTON 25 July – A former New Zealand ferry master was found guilty this week of failing to report the near-grounding of his vessel in the required time. Capt David Birchall was fined NZ$750 [...]
Posted in Bob Couttie, ICC, IMB, International Chamber of Commerce, International Maritime Bureau on Jul 17th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! An up-to-date map of piracy incidents from th International Maritime Bureau is HERE
The International Chamber of Commerce’s Weekl;y Piracy Report is HEREÂ
Piracy Help lines:
Reporting of incidents
Ships are advised to maintain anti-piracy watches and report all piratical attacks and suspicious movements [...]
Posted in Bob Couttie, accident reporting, podcast on Jul 16th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Episode 4 transcript of the Maritime Accident Casebook is now online. You can listen to the podcast and read the illustrated transcript HERE
Watch out for the Case Of The Errant Hookers - Coming soon
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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 [...]
Posted in Bob Couttie, Nautical Institute, casualties, maritime accidents on Jul 10th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Not all accidents and close-call incidents get reported even though there are safety lessons worth distributing among other seafarers. Sometimes issue go unreported because people feel they might put their jobs at risk if their identities are revealed. There are two resources [...]
Posted in Bob Couttie, casualties, maritime accidents, podcast on Jul 6th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! If you like the Maritime Accident Case book podcast you might also be interested in the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s regular monthly podcast. Click here to check it out. If you know of other maritime-related podcasts with a safety angle either [...]
Posted in Bermuda, Bob Couttie, Nantucket, Rose and Crown, Royal Majestic, casualties, grounding on Jul 2nd, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! The Case Of The Wandering Monarch is now online, click here to listen to the podcast
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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 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
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