Tag: fatality onboard

A violent explosion at the port side manifold on main deck of an oil/chemical tanker during cargo tank cleaning operation resulted in one death and five injuries. Hong Kong MARDEP advised that all crews should familiarize themselves with cargo manifold piping arrangement and follow ship instruction on handling leaky valves. 

Death toll from the Tanzanian ferry 'MV Nyerere' has reached 224, after the vessel capsized in Lake Victoria, Tanzanian authorities informed, while the ship's managers have been detained for questioning. The ferry sank on Thursday evening just a few metres from the dock on Ukerewe, the lake’s biggest island.

At least 136 people were killed after the ferry 'MV Nyerere', estimated to be significantly overcrowded, capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, on Thursday afternoon. The exact number of the people onboard cannot be estimated because the ticketing officer was among those who perished in the disaster.

A 26-year-old stevedore died after two steel planks fell on him, while he was working onboard the bulk carrier 'Virtuous Striker', docked in the Delaware River, at the Port of Paulsboro, on Sunday morning, the New jersey Police informed. 

Transport Malta's MSIU issued an investigation report on the fatality of a crew member onboard the Maltese-registered chemical tanker 'Scot Berlin' in August 2017. The immediate cause of the accident was the entry into a space which had a significant presence of toxic gases suspended in the air.

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency informed of two serious and potentially near fatal accidental CO2 releases on UK ships in the last two years. In both cases the CO2 leaked from the manifold into the CO2 room. UK MCA reminds operators that CO2 is highly asphyxiating.

Hurricane Florence hit North and South Carolina during Friday, September 14, leaving at least 15 dead and thousands of homes damaged across these states. Florence is now more week, but it is still expected to rain up to 10 inches of rain in North Carolina. Until now, over 900 people have been rescued from floodwaters.

As IMCA informs, during the removal of a spool at 172msw, divers were conducting lift bag operations to relocate the spool to a wet store location. During the operation a series of events took place, which resulted in a diver's death. Investigations into the cause of the incident are currently underway.

Over 100 migrants lost their lives in early September after their rubber boats were wrecked off the coast of Libya, according to the MSF aid agency. The two vessels were carrying many people and had started from Libya. One of the boats engine failed while the other deflated.

Problems such as nets picking up stones or inverting in the water are an integral part of trawl fishing. In this case, the crew had identified that the net was particularly heavy and were dealing with it by setting up the equipment to use the net drum and gilson winch together to haul the net aboard.