Lessons learned: Ensure maintenance of seawater ship-side valves
IMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, vessel crew noticed seawater ingress on a pipe very close to the inside of the hull.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, vessel crew noticed seawater ingress on a pipe very close to the inside of the hull.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, an intruder armed with a knife boarded a vessel at anchor in Luanda, Angola. The intruder was discovered during the hours of darkness when a member of the crew was conducting a security patrol.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, during moonpool preparations for running a tool in the hole, the crane whip line was being lowered to deck under supervision of the deck supervisor.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, during decommissioning activities on board a spar, a fire water pump skid had to be removed. It was gouged out from the top of spar in accordance with the decommissioning plan, but during the initial lift, it remained partially attached.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, during manual handling of a heavy control cabinet, the centre of gravity was compromised, and the cabinet fell over onto a crew member’s leg, resulting in a bruise to their knee.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, on a vessel waiting on weather, a weathertight door in the crane pedestal from the main deck to the crane room was forced open by a large wave coming from a different direction than the prevailing wind and sea.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which a Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) came into contact with protruding scaffolding on the OSV, causing minor damage to a railing on the CTV, during transfer of crew to an Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) at anchor.
Read moreInternational Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which a CTV (crew transfer vessel) collided with a fixed platform when one of the engines failed.
Read moreInternational Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which planned repair works were taking place on a barge. The work involved hot work (welding & grinding).
Read moreInternational Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which during a site visit to a vessel, it was observed that a third-party contractor’s welder was standing on the wooden platform (the actual height was over 1.80m) inside a confined space (a ballast tank) doing some flame-cutting jobs.
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