Tag: DMAIB

Oessur Hilduberg, Head of the Danish Maritime Accident Board (DMAIB), explains that the investigation bodies now use a variety of new data collection strategies and analytical frameworks. This methodological shift is based on the recognition that marine operations are complex in nature, and has a substantial effect on what can be learned from accidents.

DMAIB published its report on Maersk Essen, which on 16 January 2021 lost approximately 250 containers while the ship was en route from Xiamen, China to Los Angeles, USA. The number of lost containers were later adjusted to 750.

The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) published its report on the grounding of Beaumaiden just off the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm last year.

The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) and the Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) issued a study focusing on the practical application and usability of ECDIS.

DMAIB issued an investigation report on the collision of the general cargo ship ICE ROSE with anti-submarine ship 311 KAZANETS of the Russian Navy in the Sound, Denmark, in September 2020. The investigation established that the collision happened as a result of the navigational practises on both ships on that day.

DMAIB has issued a summary report on the collision between the Danish passenger ship EXPRESS 1 and the Polish tour boat BALTIC CONDOR off Rønne on 10 May 2019. Due to the dense fog on the day of the accident, the use of radar was the only way to navigate.

DMAIB issued an investigation report on an occupational incident onboard the general cargo ship HAV STREYM in November 2019. An AB was caught between a gantry and a guardrail and then fell, sustaining severe injuries.

On February 19, 2019, the Cypriot-flagged cargo ship Raba, sailing from Copenhagen to Szczecin, collided with the Danish-flagged 'World Bora', which was sailing towards “Viking” wind farm in the Exclusive Economic Zone. Therefore, the Danish Marine Accident Investigation Board issued an investigation report to determine the factors that caused the collision.

The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) issued an investigation report on the fatality of a first mate onboard the dredger 'KARIN HØJ' while replacing a hydraulic hose on the ship’s propulsion system, in May 2019. 

DMAIB has issued an investigation report on the sinking of the small German motorboat RIGI, in Faxe Bay, Denmark, about 1 nm from shore. The investigation showed that the choice of boat, its equipment, its operation, and its manning influenced the events on the day of the accident.