Harvest Caroline: A case study on improper safety management
The grounding of the general cargo ship ‘Harvest Caroline’ constitutes an interesting case study of how inconsistent implementation of ISM can lead to unpleasant situations.
Read moreThe grounding of the general cargo ship ‘Harvest Caroline’ constitutes an interesting case study of how inconsistent implementation of ISM can lead to unpleasant situations.
Read moreMaritime lawyers at Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman informed that they have filed a Class Action lawsuit against Viking Cruises regarding the Viking Sky incident where the cruise ship stranded off the Coast of Norway, raising the need for hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated by helicopter.
Read moreIn 2006, the RoRo ‘Cougar Ace’ was involved in an incident that caused its entire cargo of almost 5,000 brand new cars to be scrapped. The incident highlighted issues related to the assignment of duties in a ship’s SMS, within the context of ballast water exchange operations.
Read moreNTSB issued a report on the collision of the bulk carrier 'Yochow' with the articulated tug and barge 'OSG Independence' in the Houston Ship Channel, in June 2018. The report highlights poor bridge resource management as key cause of the accident and fatigue as a significant contributing factor.
Read moreOasis of the Seas, the luxury cruise ship involved in a crane incident at the Grand Bahama Shipyard earlier in April, is expected to return back to service for its normally scheduled 5 May sailing, the owner Royal Caribbean Cruises informed.
Read moreA court in Mississippi issued an arrest warrant for the heavy lift ship 'Hawk' that was involved in an allision and damage of a newbuild US warship at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, in late March. On 29 March, Hawk was arriving from Qingdao with a new floating drydock onboard.
Read moreIn its latest Safety Digest, the UK MAIB describes a case of damage due to mixing old mooring equipment with different, more modern, mooring lines. UK MAIB advised that mooring equipment, as a system, requires an assessment of how individual parts interact with each other.
Read moreThe Antigua Barbuda-flagged general cargo ship 'BBC Amethyst' collided with a lock in the Kiel Canal in Kiel-Holtenau, Germany, in the early morning hours of Sunday, 7th April. The vessel was en route from Norrköping, Sweden to Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Read moreThe Norwegian Maritime Authority resulted to the fact that low lubricating oil pressure was most probably the cause of the engine failure aboard the 2017-built cruise ship Viking Sky. The Authority collaborated with the ship's classification society, Lloyd’s, and the company in order to identify the reasons the vessel suffered a power blackout.
Read moreUnderwater examination of the cruise ship Viking Sky, which suffered a black out and went adrift along with almost 1,400 people onboard in the Norwegian sea over the weekend, revealed that there was no damage to the hull of the ship.
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