Tag: hazardous weather at sea

On Monday, April 3rd, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that is urging mariners to ensure their vessels are properly secured to docks, piers and moorings, to help prevent boats from accidentally breaking away, as warmer temperatures, melting snow and recent rains have caused water levels around Lake Michigan to increase.

The Saga Sky is now in a safe anchorage at Dungeness after it suffered damage on morning November 20th, following engine and steering failure and collided with a rock barge at the Varne Bank.

A new prediction tool developed by MIT engineers may give sailors a 2-3 minute warning of an incoming rogue wave, providing them with enough time to shut down essential operations on a ship or offshore platform.

Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas returned home to Cape Liberty, New Jersey on February 10th evening and the cruise line is offering its guests and crew an apology and a promise to avoid similar situations in the future.

Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is returning home to Cape Liberty, New Jersey after encountering a severe winter storm in the Atlantic, the cruise line informs.

A bosun on board a Hong Kong registered ship was smashed to death by waves suddenly washing over the forecastle deck when he attempted to close a weather-tight door on weather deck at rough sea.

Panamanian-flagged car carrier 'Modern Express' has been evacuated after a ''loss of stability incident'' in the Bay of Biscay. Spain's search and rescue agency Salvamento Maritimo rescued the 22-member crew of the listing cargo ship on Tuesday evening and brought them safely ashore.

Statoil confirmed that one person has died as a result of the breaking wave that hit the drilling rig COSL Innovator rig on Wednesday 30th December, 2015.Two other people were injured and are receiving medical treatment ashore.

Physicists have found an explanation for rogue waves in the ocean and hope their theory will lead to devices to warn ships and save lives.

Lessons learned UK MAIB has published its first issue of its Safety Digest earlier this year including lessons learned from maritime accidents. One case uses two examples where high sided Ro-Ro vessels were berthed alongside in strong winds and explains which precautions should be taken in such conditions.Vessel 1 A large high sided ro-ro vessel was berthed alongside in strong winds at a busy European port. The master had decided to use four headlines, four stern lines, two forward spring lines and two aft spring lines to keep the vessel secure alongside during cargo operations, a decision he based on the weather forecast available at the time of arrival.The strong offshore winds were beam on to the vessel, causing significant loading on the vessel's mooring lines. As cargo operations progressed the wind began to increase, and gust to 42 knots, which caused all four stern lines, the two aft spring lines and one forward spring line to part, and the stern to veer quickly off the berth. This caused damage to the stern ramp, and the vessel to swing across the river and ground on the opposite bank.The crew were able to close the stern ramp to prevent any further ...