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Posted in MAIB, MAIB. Maritime accident, accident reporting, grounding, maritime safety, pilotage on Sep 30th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! MAIB’s report on the grounding of the 78-metre general cargo vessel Sea Mithril on the River Trent in fog three times in 30 minutes while under pilotage is certainly worth the read. It deserves to be mandatory reading for officers, those who [...]
Posted in ATSB, Australia, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, grounding on Sep 4th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in NTSB, accident reporting, ferry, grounding on Jul 24th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! MASTER’S POOR DECISION LED TO GROUNDING OF PASSENGER VESSEL EMPRESS OF THE NORTH, NTSB DETERMINES
Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the grounding of the Empress of the North was the [...]
Like us? Bookmark this article! With the typhoon season getting well underway the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued anchoring guidelines to help masters avoid joining Pasha Bulker on the ‘Oops Roster’. They might also be useful to bear in mind when dropping the hook elsewhere in [...]
Posted in grounding, maritime accidents on Jul 9th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Fatal accident at Savannah ports
WTOC - Savannah,GA,USA
They say an International Longshoremen was working with the Stevedore Society of America near or on the vessel, The Saga Journey when the accident occurred.
The Spirit of Nantucket runs aground - again
The Virginian-Pilot - [...]
Posted in grounding on Jun 8th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Since it’s a year, almost to the day, since the Pasha Bulker ran aground on Nobby’s Beach, Newcastle, Australia, you might be wondering why I didn’t launch the associated postcast, The Case Of The Unlucky Hooker, to coincide with the anniversary. [...]
Posted in MAIB. Maritime accident, grounding, lifeboat, maritime accidents on Apr 22nd, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! We’ll be covering the MAIB’s 56 page and two annexe MSC Napoli report in more depth anon but a footnote got our immediate attention:
“It was evident during the investigation that the master had placed a great deal of emphasis on the importance [...]
Posted in grounding on Apr 16th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Whatever the details of the UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch report on the 18th January 2007 structural failure and grounding of the MSC Napoli, scheduled for release on 22nd April, the container industry can expect to be walking around with painfully rapped [...]
Posted in grounding on Mar 15th, 2008
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Fears for sinking Riverdance ferry
By Paul Marsden
RIVERDANCE is sinking – and so today were hopes of saving her.
The stricken ferry has taken a terrible beating from massive waves whipped up by this week’s 85mph hurricane-force winds.
She is now listing at 100 [...]
Posted in grounding, maritime accidents, maritime crime, oil, oil spill, oil spill contingency plan, pollution, ship accident, ship accidents, sinking on Mar 12th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Three dead, one missing in SW China boat crash
Xinhua - China
The accident happened on the Wu River in Changshou District at 8 pm when a passenger ship from the suburban Fuling District crashed with the cargo shipÂ
Boat slams bridge
Sun.Star [...]
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