Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Canada, Fire, accident reporting, enclosed space, oil tanker on Jul 7th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Captain Gough Everett Wellon, master of a 76,000 tonnes Newfoundland shuttle oil tanker, Kometik, has been found guilty of violating Canadian labour laws in an incident that led to the death of a deckhand and serious injury of a welder in a [...]
Posted in Canada on Dec 17th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! The Swedish Club has sent out a member alert after a seafarer was found with porn on his flash drive. Gives a whole new meaning to deep blue sea.
The alert goes thusly:
Del Rosario & Del Rosario has provided us with the following [...]
Posted in Canada, Ethan Allen, LNG, collision, container accident, containership, maritime safety news, sinking on Oct 11th, 2007
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Two rescued in new port accident
Two men have been taken to hospital after a tug collided with a number of safety boats close to the scene of an earlier fatal accident.
Mississippi River Restrictions Lifted
Posted 10/10/07 at 09:43 AM
Coast Guard Captain of [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! Vessel runs aground in Columbia
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
“It’s just a big vessel,” said Chief Isabelo Chio with the US Coast Guard in Portland. “We’re not speculating on the cause.” The grounding comes as the Army
East China on high alert as [...]
Posted in Antwerp, Canada, China, China Rescue and Salvage Bureau, Gil Island, SAR, grounding, pilots strike on Aug 30th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Aging ferry knocks dock, jostles riders
Globe and Mail - Canada
… inquiry pointed to human error, stating that crew on the bridge “failed to appreciate the vessel’s impending peril prior to the grounding on Gil Island.
Pilots end strike at Port of Antwerp
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Posted in BC, BC Ferries, Bangladesh, Black Sea, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Canada, Gibraltar, ISM, India, Karachi, MCA, Malacca Straits, Malaysian Maritime Academy, Maritime & Coastguard Agency, Monsoon, New Flame, Pakistan, Port Harcourt, Robson Bight, SAR, Safety At Sea, Somalia, capsize, letter bomb, piracy on Aug 24th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Ship carrying 27000 tons of scrap about to split in two off …
International Herald Tribune - France
AP MADRID, Spain: A ship damaged in a collision off Gibraltar was expected to split in two and sink, sending its cargo of 27000 tons [...]
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