Tag: fatality onboard

BSU published its investigation report on Seoul Express, when on 27 March 2021 a crew member fell from a vertical cargo hold ladder in cargo hold no. 3 and lost his life.

A captain lost his life after an explosion hit a general cargo ship in South Korea. Part of the hull was damaged in the incident.

Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of injury and fatalities in the workplace, with the TT Club warning that the distance of the drop need not always be as great as imagined to cause harm.

At least 25 people were killed and dozens were missing after a boat sank on September 25, in Bangladesh, marking the worst waterways disaster to hit the country in over a year.

The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) is trying to apprehend and prosecute the captain and crewmembers of a Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel, that allegedly threw 14 stowaways overboard.

A fire took place in a passenger deck aboard an Indonesian ferry on September 16, killing one and injuring three more.

A group of Nigerian stowaways claim the crew of the bulker Ophelia killed two of them, and then abandoned the rest.

Five people died on September 10 in New Zealand after a small charter boat they were on capsized in what could be a collision with a whale.

Despite the high death toll, the casualty is less known for the fatalities and mostly known for its contribution to the fueling of the anti-German sentiment that set off a chain of events leading to World War I.

In a new edition of feedback, CHIRP Maritime contains several reports that involve loss of life to highlight never to relax our vigilance when onboard. One case refers to a crew member's fatality by drowning while working on top of logs to carry out lashings to highlight that this task is dangerous and requires experience and training.