Tag: fatality onboard

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor's federal workplace safety inspectors after investigating the death of a 28-year-old cargo worker Panama City, discovered his employer failed to follow required safety standards, including allowing unsafe cargo crane operation and failing to provide training.

The FBI Columbia field office is investigating a suspicious death of a female passenger aboard a Carnival cruise ship during its February 27 voyage to Nassau, Bahamas.

According to FleetMon, two crew members of bulk carrier CARAVOS HARMONY were found dead in their cabins, reportedly in their shower rooms, on Feb 21.

A pilot fell overboard while disembarking from a tugboat to board a launch boat off the Southern Islands, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), adding that he was wearing a lifejacket at the time.

A Nigerian shipowner denied reports indicating that six crew members died in an unexplained accident on a tanker off Lagos.

Five crew members from a fishing vessel appeared in front of the court in Holstebro, Denmark to be charged with manslaughter.

Fall incidents is the defined focus area for the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) for 2023. According to NMA, 37% of all fatalities at sea in the last five years are fall-related. Nearly 600 people have been injured.

Six seafarers died during an unexplained accident on a tanker off Lagos, with Nigerian authorities confirming the incident during the weekend.

Divers discovered the body of one crewmember within the wreck of the sunken freighter Seiryu, which sank in the Seto Inland Sea last week after colliding with another vessel.

USCG, along with NTSB and other agencies, are investigating several deaths and injuries of that took place onboard passenger vessels recently traveling in Antarctic waters.