Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in China, Fatigue, accident reporting, bulk carrier, casualties, collision on Sep 20th, 2008
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Pit a fatigued, overworked officer keeping a watch alone at night aboard a 68,000 DWT containership weaving his way through fishing boats off the coast of China against a 35,343 dwt bulker which has forgotten to switch on its navigation lightsd, with [...]
Posted in Fatigue, MAIB, grounding, maritime accidents on Nov 29th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! The UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch has issued its preliminary report on the grounding of the 1,409 gross tonnes general cargo ship Fingal on 7th September 2007. Needless to say the words “fallen asleep” and “on watch alone” occur in the same paragraph.
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Posted in ECDIS, Fatigue, Hull, Kiel Canal, Transas, Uncategorized, casualties, maritime accidents, podcast on Jun 25th, 2007
Like us? Bookmark this article! An exhausted Captain; single watch-keeping; a warm, cozy bridge at night; the heavy traffic of the Kiel Canal, and pirated navigational software. If you think that sounds like a recipe for disaster, you’d be absolutely right.
The Case of the Cozy Captain
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