Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in accident reporting, fatality on Sep 2nd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation, Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchun, BSU, found what it describes as ‘glaring violations’ of safety rules during its investigation into the death of a seafarer aboard the 7,646 gross tonnes stern trawler Jan Maria in 2006. It [...]
Posted in Fire, MAIB, Maritime & Coastguard Agency, accident reporting, enclosed space, fatality, fire safety, maritime accidents on Aug 19th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! MAIB’s report on the Figaro incident in December 2007 in which an accidental activation of the ship’s CO2 smothering system led to the vessel losing propulsion and electrical power in rough weather, sending it drifting toward Wolf Rock off the southern English [...]
Posted in casualties, enclosed space, fatality on Jul 17th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Checked the oxygen? Good. Checked for explosive atmosphere? Good. But it might still not be enough. Back in 2001 the Britannia P&I Club’s Riskwatch published a cautionary tale of a ship carrying Indonesian crude coconut oil from Kuala Enok to Rotterdam.
A [...]
Posted in Viking Islay, Vroon, enclosed space, fatality on Jul 9th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Inadequacies in training and risk awareness, lack of appropriate equipment, and impractical safety rules developed by shore-based personnel, rust and a noisy anchor chain all contributed to the deaths of three seafarers aboard the Viking Islay on 23rd September last year reveals [...]
Posted in China, Filipino, accident reporting, casualties, chemical, competence, competency, container accident, enclosed space, fatality, human element on May 26th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! In The Case Of The Electric Assassin I suggested that, if you’re going to enter an enclosed space without the proper equipment or precautions then dig two graves, one for yourself and one for the poor sods who’ll try and rescue you. [...]
Posted in collision, fatality, ferry, human element, sinking on Jan 13th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Two dead in Baltic Sea lifeboat accident
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Two people died and one was seriously injured in a lifeboat accident onboard a container freight ship in the Baltic Sea, officials said.Â
Oil Tanker on Fire at Nigerian [...]
Posted in MAIB, enclosed space, fatality on Dec 7th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Commenting on the recent meeting of the Maritime Accident Investigators International Forum in Beijing, Stephen Meyer, Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents for the UK’s MAIB writes in the latest Safety Digest, released this month,
“Please read these cases and then consider, if accident [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! Boiler No. 23 on the S/S Norway, formerly the France, exploded on May 25, 2003 in Miami, Florida, killing eight crewmembers, seriously injuring 10, with another seven minor injuries. Damage was estimated at up to $23m.
The Norway was one of the last [...]
Posted in Fire, fatality, fire safety, grounding, maritime accidents, maritime safety news, oil, oil spill, oil spill contingency plan, pollution on Dec 4th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! Five Egyptians die in Nile river cruise ship fire
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
The accident occurred shortly after an Italian tourist was lightly injured when a charter plane bound for the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of SharmÂ
Bauxite carrier [...]
Posted in fatality, maritime accidents, maritime safety news on Nov 19th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! VI-20071118-14168-JPN - Vehicle Accident - Asia - Japan
By RSOE EDIS(RSOE EDIS)
A cargo ship with 36 people on board, most of them Russians, sank in the Sea of Japan on Sunday but the crew and passengers escaped on life rafts, the Russian [...]
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