Tag: accident reports

UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the allision of the UK-registered container ship 'CMA CGM Centaurus' with the quay that resulted in collapse of a shore crane and subsequent injury of 10 persons. MAIB noted that many of the factors in this accident can be attributed to the lack of compliance with the principles of Bridge Resource Management and to a focus on completing acts of pilotage as quickly as possible. 

In its latest safety digest, UK MCA highlights the danger of the carbon monoxide. UK MCA presents an incident where two people on board an inland waterways motor cruiser died due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide from the wet exhaust probably entered the accommodation through gaps.

IMCA informs of a serious injury that was caused by a rotating winch. Namely, a person was responsible of spooling a wire onto the main crane forward tugger. He positioned himself in a restricted space, with his foot placed on the winch. When he decide to leave, the winch hit his foot amputating five toes.

Transport Malta's MSIU issued an investigation report into the grounding of the Maltese registered bulk carrier 'Marbella' on North Reef, Paracel Islands, on 28 September 2017. The investigation showed that the bridge was solely manned by one person at the time of the incident. 

ATSB published the report on the grounding of 'Lauren Hansen' off Melville Island, in the Northern Territory. The incident took place on 10 April 2018, with ATSB citing an error on the autopilot as the cause of the grounding. This incident showed the implications of a failure or malfunction of any aspect of the ship’s steering systems

Ireland's Marine Casualty Investigation Board issued an accident report on the deadly capsizing involving the fishing vessel 'Shanie Boy', off Dublin, in May 2017. The incident resulted in one fatality and some oil discharge into the water. 

On its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB describes a racing powerboat, when two friends decided to the test their boat at a public slipway. During the trials, the driver turned the boat around a navigation buoy when it instantaneously flipped over. As a result, both men were thrown into the sea, injured and disoriented.

Ireland's MCIB issued an investigation report on a crew member overboard fatality from the fishing vessel 'Cu Na Mara', about 130 nm West of Slea Head, in June 2016. Although the man was wearing a Personal Floatation Device (PFD), the deflation of his PFD was a major impediment to his survival.

A violent explosion at the port side manifold on main deck of an oil/chemical tanker during cargo tank cleaning operation resulted in one death and five injuries. Hong Kong MARDEP advised that all crews should familiarize themselves with cargo manifold piping arrangement and follow ship instruction on handling leaky valves. 

An incident on board a vessel which almost escalated into a serious accommodation fire. A crew member plugged his mobile phone into an extension cable to charge. In addition, plugged into the extension cable was a fan heater. Shortly afterwards the ship’s fire detection system indicated alarms in near cabins.