Tag: grounding

UK MAIB has completed its preliminary assessment (PA) on the grounding of bulk carrier Indian Partnership that took place off the coast of Misool Island, Indonesian archipelago in April 2023. 

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where, on April 21, 2023, the bulk carrier John J Boland grounded twice in Port Dolomite, Michigan.

In response to the grounding of MV Mirola 1 on July 31, 2024, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in collaboration with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) of Bataan carried out an aerial surveillance and shoreline assessment.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) published the investigation on an incident in which a bulk carrier came within 200 m of grounding in the Great Barrier Reef, after a GPS unit onboard the ship began providing false information to the pilot and crew on board.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where the bulk carrier American Mariner had begun transiting outbound in the Vidal Shoals Channel, near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, en route to Superior, Wisconsin, when the vessel grounded and sustained damage to three ballast water tanks.

On July 14, 2024, the Panama-flagged cargo ship "VOLGO-BALT 213" ran aground in Tirilye Neighborhood, stopping just 6-7 meters from the shore. 

A dry cargo vessel named Lady Ayana, loaded with wheat and en route from Russia to Tunisia, ran aground in the Marmara Sea off the coast of Istanbul on June 28, 2024.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its Safer Seas Digest 2023, highlighting the most important lessons learned from 31 maritime tragedies that took place in 2023.

The Interislander ferry Aratere grounded just outside Picton, New Zealand, shortly after departing at 9:45 PM on June 21, due to a steering failure.

The Swedish Club published its Monthly Safety Scenario for March 2024, describing an incident in which an officer fell asleep and woke up realising that the vessel had grounded.