Lessons learned: Oil spill on deck
Britannia Club recently saw an incident where a number of unfortunate events, including the fall of the vessel’s spare main engine cylinder liner, led to an oil spill.
Read moreBritannia Club recently saw an incident where a number of unfortunate events, including the fall of the vessel’s spare main engine cylinder liner, led to an oil spill.
Read moreThe Britannia Club informs that its correspondents advise that the Brazilian Navy is carrying out navigation tests for a draft of 11.90 meters in the Grande do Curuá Channel, at Barra Norte.
Read moreIn an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Mr. Jacob Damgaard, Associate Director, Loss Prevention, Britannia P&I, highlights that only with close cooperation across industry stakeholders, the maritime industry will move forward.
Read moreThe carriage of bagged rice cargo is a potentially hazardous undertaking, with claims potentially running to millions of dollars when problems arise, says the Britannia P&I Club.
Read moreFor almost ten years there has been a continuous issue of vessels incurring customs fines in Dakar, Senegal.
Read moreBritannia P&I Club released a case study focusing on a fatality incident where an electrician lost his life inside an elevator shaft.
Read moreThe Britannia P&I Club informs of an incident, where the cargo ship ''Boston Trader'' was moored in the Port of Oran in Algeria, when a seafarer was hit on the foot by a falling lashing bar. As a result, a toe of the crewman had to be amputated.
Read moreThe Britannia P&I Club has recently reported an increased number of enquiries regarding the carriage of containers on bulk carriers.
Read moreTwo crew members on a general cargo ship were injured when a suspended load fell and struck them. The suspended load were wire rope legs and shackles used to move the ship’s hatch covers (“the lifting gear”), which fell because the hoist parted after one of the shackles became wedged at the storage location. As part of its BSafe campaign, Britannia Club shared lessons learned from the incident.
Read moreAn increase has been observed in the number of cases of illegal drugs being found onboard ships in the US, according to data provided by local correspondents to Britannia P&I Club.
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