Tag: fatality onboard

CHIRP Maritime draws lessons learned from a reported event where nitrogen leak in a tank led to two crew members being asphyxiated due to safety protocol violations and inadequate equipment.

Seven people were killed and 17 injured after a ship capsized when the crew was loading trucks into the vessel at Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

EMSA has published its Annual Overview of Marine Casualties and Incidents 2024, which presents statistics on marine casualties and incidents that cover the period from 1st of January 2014 to 31st of December 2023, reported by the EU Member States.

The Volgoneft-212 snapped in half on 15 December after being hit by a large wave during a storm while transiting the Kerch Strait.

The Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) presents an incident in which a fatal accident happened on board a bulk carrier during a fumigant removal operation.

The Nautical Institute has drawn lessons from an incident involving a container ship, where a crew member tragically fell overboard during an unlashing task, highlighting issues with safety procedures, inadequate training, and fatigue.

Former Port of Auckland Chief Executive Tony Gibson was found guilty after stevedore’s death in August 2020.

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.