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Crew suffers hand hairline fracture after stopping mooring line

IMCA presents an accident onboard a vessel, when one crewmember suffered a hairline fracture to his hand when trying to stop a mooring line. In general, mooring operations have caused many accidents in the industry; Mooring handling hides many dangers as this duty requires a good technique initially in lifting the heavy eye of the rope, followed by a good pulling technique.

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Number of major incidents in Port of Singapore falls

The number of major incidents in the Port of Singapore has fallen over the last 10 years, with less than 0.12 major incidents per 100,000 vessel movements in 2018, which is a decrease from 0.8 in 2009. Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Health said that the use of technology and digitalization will be able to further improve maritime safety by providing seafarers better access to crucial safety-related information.

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