Tag: accident reports

NTSB published its report on the grounding of an engine room fire that broke abroad on the towing vessel Miss Dorothy on March 17, 2021. The crewmembers after failing to fight the fire, evacuated to the barges and were rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel.

​NTSB published its report on the 2020 incident where the offshore supply vessel Cheramie Bo Truc collided with the US Coast Guard cutter Harry Claiborne, which was servicing a buoy near Texas Point, Texas. 

In its latest monthly safety scenario, the Swedish Club describes the circumstances that led to an injury during cargo operation at a general cargo vessel in an African port.

NTSB published its report of the grounding of a fishing tender during a storm near Bristol Bay, Alaska in 2020. "SM 3" was anchored and riding out a storm with a crew of six in Nushagak Bay, 5 miles south of Ekuk, Alaska, when the barge broke free from the buoy and began drifting.

Mr. Michael Howlett, Director, International Maritime Bureau, ICC Commercial Crime Services, outlines the key challenges with regards to maritime piracy, highlighting that crew kidnapping in GoG remains the biggest area of concern. Furthermore, considering that available resources to deal with maritime crime are limited, incident reporting remains critical.

A Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) report concludes that the Singapore-flagged ship "Funing" had been unable to generate full power because a fuel injector control unit (ICU) had suffered fuel leakage and become clogged with coking debris from the use of low-viscosity low-sulphur fuel.

Dr.  Sal Mercogliano, stresses that there were many issues at play and while the NTSB looked at the who, what, where, and how, they failed to address the biggest question WHY?

The Swedish Club published its latest safety scenario, giving emphasis on an incident where a stevedore got injured by a twistlock.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) released the investigation report on the incident that occurred on Ewing Bank, Block 826, Platform “A”, operated by Fieldwood, which caused a fatality on May 16, 2020, approximately 60 miles south of the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) released the investigation report on the man-overboard incident that occurred on Platform Gilda, operated by DCOR, which resulted in one fatality and one serious injury on Dec. 2, 2020.