Safety Parent

The Swedish Club’s Monthly Safety Scenario for December presents an incident in which a bosun fell while performing maintenance work in cargo hold.

At least 13 people lost their lives, and over 100 passengers faced a terrifying ordeal when a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Mumbai on 18 December following a collision with an Indian Navy vessel.

The Swedish P&I Club has published Our Family and the Sea, a picture book that helps children understand the challenges of having a parent who works as a seafarer.

IMCA has issued a safety flash, drawing lessons learned from an incident in which during lifting operations on a vessel, a hydraulic release shackle pin opened on its own. 

IMCA has issued a safety flash to draw lessons learned from an incident where a rescue boat suffered a catastrophic structural failure whilst unattended on the davit.

The American P&I Club informs of concerns that have arisen regarding the loading of finished and unfinished steel products alongside break-bulk, containerized, and project cargoes in the same cargo hold of bulk carriers.

A significant oil spill occurred along the Russian Black Sea coast after two tankers were severely damaged in a storm over the weekend of December 14-15, 2024.

A third Russian-flagged tanker issued a distress signal two days after a storm damaged two tankers in the Kerch Strait causing an oil spill.

Over the past week, 10 – 16 December, two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (both CAT 3 incidents) were reported to the ReCAAP ISC.

A collision occurred on the evening of 13 December at Merak Port, Banten, Indonesia, between the passenger ship Trimas Fadhila and the tanker Gas Sofia.