Tag: accident reports

Since 17 June 2011, EU countries have been uploading marine casualty data to the European Marine Casualty Information Platform, EMCIP, to improve data collection and analysis.

Session 101, fform 28 April to 2 May, 2014 The IMO's Legal Committee held its 101st session from Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May 2014 under the Chairmanship of Dr Kofi Mbiah (GHANA) and his Vice-Chair, Mr Walter de Sá Leitão (BRAZIL). Both were subsequently re-elected for 2015.SEWOLIn his opening address, the Secretary-General expressed sympathy at the considerable loss of lives caused by the tragic accident of the ferry SEWOL which sank off the coast of the Republic of Korea on 16 April 2014. Deep condolences were paid to the delegation of the Republic of Korea and the bereaved families following which a one-minute silence was observed.FACILITATION OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE AND HARMONISED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HNS CONVENTION, 2010The Committee considered that the 2010 HNS Convention should be applied uniformly and that the 'Guidelines on reporting of HNS contributing cargo', endorsed at its previous session, would assist this process. Facilitation of the entry into force and harmonised interpretation of the Convention will be included in the biennial agenda 2014-2015.Introducing document LEG 101/3, CANADA, one of six co-sponsors, reported developments since the Committee last met on efforts to bring the Convention into force; this included the holding of an ...

After almost 100 days at sea following a severe collision and fire, the chemical tanker Maritime Maisie, owned by Singapore based MSI Ship Management, has been given refuge in Korea

A 88-metre cargo ship with steering problems battling gale force winds and seas of up to ten metres 15 miles west of the Skerryvore light house. Lifeboats from Barra and Tobermory stood by for over 24 hours.

Regarding the massive spill of polypropylene plastic pellets into the Hong Kong waters from a cargo ship during typhoon "Vicente" in July 2012, a Marine Department spokesman said on April 8

What lessons have we learned from oil spills?

The NTSB determined that the ferry Seastreak Wall Street struck Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan in January 2013, because the captain lost control of the vessel while attempting to dock

On February 2, 2002 in the English Channel, General Cargo Vessel KODIMA suffers and engine breakdown in a force 8 storm. She starts drifting towards the Devon Coast

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) examines and investigates all types of marine accidents to or on board UK vessels worldwide, and other vessels in UK territorial waters.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responding to a report of an emergency disconnect and production shut-in onboard the Helix Producer 1