Tag: fatality onboard

UK MAIB has issued an investigation report on an incident where a crew member suffered fatal injuries due to being struck by a mooring line in August 2021. 

UK MAIB has published an investigation report into an incident where at 13:53 on 20 July 2021, the bosun of the roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel Clipper Pennant was fatally crushed when he became trapped between a moving vehicle and the vessel’s structure.

UK MAIB published its annual report for 2023, reporting that it received 1,592 reports of marine casualties and marine incidents.

In its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB references a case in which a deck officer on an ultra large container vessel suffered fatal injuries when a mooring line parted during cargo operations. 

A Russian missile struck a Palau-flagged vessel in the Ukrainian port of Odesa, killing one Ukrainian and injuring five foreign nationals.

The Nautical Institute has published a safety alert to draw lessons learned from an incident in which a cadet lost their lives due to asphyxiation. 

At least two people died, and four others are missing after an oil barge operated by a contractor of Venezuela's state-run PDVSA sank in Lake Maracaibo, the company announced on 26 September. 

A UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued an investigation report on a fall from height onboard a bulk carrier in Syros which resulted in the death of crewman on 17 April 2023. 

Appalled that deaths in enclosed spaces continue to be all too frequent occurrences in the shipping industry, the Maritime Professional Council of the United Kingdom (MPC) has announced its support for fundamental changes to ship operation and design.

Gard P&I Club has issued its 2024 Crew Claims Report to provide an analysis of key statistics and trends from crew claims observed over the past five years.