Tag: Bahamas Maritime Authority

The Bahamas Maritime Authority issued a safety alert, informing about an accident that happened on board a general cargo vessel, aiming to highlight the lessons learnt and to increase awareness, which may help avoid similar incidents occurring in the future. In this particular case, a third engineer was severely injured, after explosion of the vessel's auxiliary boiler.

A tender boat onboard a cruise ship registered in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas suddenly fell from its stowed position into the water. The immediate cause was found to be a catastrophic failure of the link that connects the fall block to the release hook.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority has issued a bulletin outlining the requirements for refrigerated cargo ships carrying frozen fishery products to countries in the European Union (EU) in order to comply with EU regulation.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority has issued technical Alert to draw all parties’ attention to the requirements needed in order to apply for a Bahamas Certificate of Proficiency as an Able Seafarer, in accordance with The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW).

The Bahamas Maritime Authority has issued Information Bulletin which details the incident reporting procedures for Bahamian ships highlighting that one of the primary purposes of this process is to learn lessons for the future. An unreported incident potentially diminishes the possibility of improving safety

BMA warns about a manufacturing defect identified on Hyundai Lifeboat “TALON II 4.0” on load release hooks during a PSC inspection that resulted in the detention of a Bahamian Ship. During the inspection, it was noted that the position indicator markings for the hydrostatic interlock were incorrectly marked with the red and green sectors being reversed

A new Safety Alert issued by the Bahamas Maritime Authority focuses on lessons learned from Cargo Offloading Operations – Potential Dropped Object.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority has published a Safety Alert which summarizes the case of a Cargo shifted alongside platform.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority has isuued a guidance providing all parties with guidance on the Bahamas implementation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC 2006) requirements.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority has isuued a guidance which applies to all Bahamian ships fitted with Inmarsat terminals with the purpose to provide information on commissioning and decommissioningof Inmarsat terminals and allocation of MMSI numbers to Bahamian ships.