Tag: lessons learned

The UK MAIB has issued Investigation Report No 24/2013 MV Finnarrow casualty resulting in contact with the berth and subsequent flooding, in Holyhead on 16 February 2013.

UK MAIB has issued combined report on the investigations of the contact with a floating target by the wind farm passenger transfer catamaran Windcat 9 while transiting Donna Nook Air Weapons Range in the south-west approaches to the River Humber on 21 November 2012 and the contact of Island Panther with turbine I-6, in Sheringham Shoal .Wind Farm on 21 November 2012.

UK MAIB has issued combined report on the investigations of the contact with a floating target by the wind farm passenger transfer catamaran Windcat 9 while transiting Donna Nook Air Weapons Range in the south-west approaches to the River Humber on 21 November 2012 and the contact of Island Panther with turbine I-6, in Sheringham Shoal .Wind Farm on 21 November 2012.

The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No 67 regarding a recent accident in which copper sulphide concentrate depleted oxygen resulting in three deaths.

Lessons learnt: Wire rope corroded

The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No.64 describing an accident in which the crewmember risked life and limb by making an ill-considered foot movement towards a line that was being hauled in. That one and the same person controlled the winch and cleared the line being wound onto the drum simultaneously contradicts the principles of good seamanship.

The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No 65 regarding an incident caused due to fatigue.

Accommodation ladder failure

ATSB report on serous injury on board Mell Selarang

ClassNK issues Preliminary Findings and Safety Measures Class NK has issued the Preliminary Findings and Safety Measures regarding the incident investigation on MOL Comfort which sank on July 11, 2013. Following the loss of the container vessel "MOL COMFORT", ClassNK established a special Casualty Investigation Team in order to investigate and determine the cause of the casualty.Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) further established a Committee on Large Container Ship Safety to develop measures to ensure the safety of large container vessels on 29 August 2013. In addition to its independent investigation, ClassNK serves as members of the Committee and is actively involved in its deliberative and investigative work.Based on both the results of its own independent investigation as well as the deliberations of the third meeting of the Committee on Large Container Ship Safety held on 28 October 2013, the ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team has released preliminary findings and safety measures resulting from the investigation as follows.Preliminary FindingsBased on the presence of water-ingress in the bottom of the vessel's midship at the outset of the casualty, the fracture in the vessel's hull is considered to have originated from the bottom part of the vessel.Hull strength and ...