Tag: fatality onboard

Since the beginning of 2022, out of the eighteen accidents that shook the Bangladeshi shipbreaking industry, six have taken place at yards owned by Kabir Steel Re-Rolling Mills (KSRM), says NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

ICS published a guide in order to recommend practical steps which can be taken in the unfortunate instance of a death on board a ship.

As two more workers die in an enclosed space onboard a ship, InterManager has hit out at the shipping industry’s inadequate reporting of serious and fatal accidents.

A fatal accident happened on board a Hong Kong registered bulk carrier when anchoring at the port of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. In response, the Hong Kong Marine Department issued note to address lessons learned and highlight the importance of enhancing shipboard safe operation training for the key operations.

Seven people are confirmed dead after a passenger vessel caught fire off Quezon province, Philippines, on May 23.

INTERCARGO published its Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2012-2021, reporting that 27 bulk carriers of over 10,000 dwt were declared as total losses for the years 2012-2021.

An Italian tugboat with six people onboard capsized and sank on May 19 in the Adriatic Sea, leaving five crew members missing, Italian authorities said.

Hong Kong Merchant Shipping provides lessons learned from an incident where a Bosun was found dead on the first landing platform inside a deck entry access to the cargo hold of a bulk carrier.

It has been over a century after a ship collision shook the entire city of Halifax, killing almost 2,000 people and injuring more than 9,000. The blast was the largest human-made explosion at the time, releasing the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT (12 TJ) and not surpassed until an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima 3 decades later.

In its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB provides lessons learned from an incident where two yachts collided at the anchorage, resulting in fatally injuring a crewman who was on the foredeck.