Tag: accident reports

UK MAIB released its report on the SMN Explorer accident. Namely, on 1 February 2018, a crewman from the cargo vessel SMN Explorer was fatally crushed as he was working on deck. Namely, a stowage space hatch cover fell on him. The investigation concluded that the ship’s safety management system was immature and the safety culture on board the vessel was weak.

In a public meeting Tuesday, the NTSB determined that an insufficient preventative maintenance program and lack of guidance for responding to engine high-temperature conditions were the key causes of the fire aboard the small passenger vessel 'Island Lady', in January 2018, in the waters of the Pithlachascotee River, near Port Ritchey, Florida.

Transport Malta released its report on the fatal  fall of a stevedore inside a cargo hold on the 'Eugenia B'. The incident took place on 30 November 2017, when a stevedore fell during cargo operations. He was transferred to the hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.

The UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the sinking of the fishing vessel 'Solstice', approximately 7 miles south of Plymouth, England, in September 2017, that resulted in one fatality. The report highlighted stability issues, noting that the weight of the catch in the net was excessive and that the height of the lifting point at the stern was high.

The ferry 'Gerbang Samudra I' caught fire early on December 2. The incident happened after the vessel had left Surabaya, Java and was heading for the port of Banarmasin in Kalimantan. 145 people were rescued , but according to information 3 are missing.

US NTSB published its report on the allision of the container ship 'Helsinki Bridge', with the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal on December 6, 2017. According to the report, the Massachusetts Port Authority did not provide proper berthing arrangements during ongoing construction at the Conley Container Terminal.

The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIBN) released its preliminary report for the collision of the Norwegian frigate ‘KNM Helge Ingstad‘, which collided with the oil tanker ‘Sola TS’ off Bergen, Norway, on 8 November 2018. The warship sustained significant damage and sank a few days later.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board released its report about the heavy rolling of the ‘MV Epsilon’, on February 8, 2016, while it was sailing from Cherbourg in France. As a result, ten passengers and two crew members got injured. The senior Master was of the view that the vessel could outrun the weather.

Transport Malta's MSIU issued an investigation report on the slewing deck crane failure onboard the Maltese-flagged product tanker 'Bozdag', while the ship was in the port of Tallinn, on 28 November 2017. The report revealed that the dynamic loading and the sudden halt of the free falling loads were two major contributing factors to the failure of the deck slewing crane.

Transport Malta issued a report on a fatal occupational accident onboard 'Eleni M', as the crew member got trapped between the mooring rope on the winch drum and the deck on the poop deck. The investigation revealed that in order to perform the task of stowing the mooring ropes on the winch drum, the crew had to engage physically with the ropes while the winch was rotating.