Tag: lessons learned

While manoeuvring along a river channel, a tanker contacted the jetty, due to lack of control being exercised in the navigation of the vessel. The UK P&I Club provided a description of what happened and important lessons learned to prevent similar cases in the future.

The UK P&I Club informed about an incident of flooding onboard a container ship, causing significant cargo damage, because of corrosion fractures in the ballast tanks. The Club provides a description of what happened and important lessons learned to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Embarking or disembarking from a high freeboard vessel can be a daunting task, particularly in heavy weather. It is therefore important that pilot boarding arrangements and procedures are in strict compliance with SOLAS to best ensure the safety of pilots and other persons who may use the equipment, UK Club notes.

The UK P&I Club refers to an incident onboard in which a crew member fell down to the tank top, sustaining serious injuries. The Club highlights lessons learned and draws operators’ attention to performing work aloft at sea properly supervised and risk assessed.

The US Coast Guard launched an innovative program, that collects lessons learned on the aftermath of hurricanes that affected US last month. The Hurricane Lessons Learned challenge on the USCG's crowdsourcing platform started as a way to preserve and institutionalize the lessons learned during hurricane response efforts,

The UK P&I Club issued important lessons learned following a fatality caused by entry into cargo holds, advising that these holds should always be treated as enclosed spaces and all crew should be properly trained to recognise the associated hazards.

The UK MAIB has published its annual report including an overview of all accidents reported in 2016 along with details of their investigations and marine accident statistics. Last year has been a 'typically busy year', the UK MAIB says; there were 1,190 accidents reported and 29 investigations were started.

Presenting a recent case of crew moving steel plates in its monthly "Risk Watch" report, the Britannia P&I Club informed on the risks associated with moving heavy objects. According to the case, three crew members were moving ten pieces of steel plate around the steering gear room, while the ship was underway.

The ATSB has issued an investigation report on the Searoad Mersey incident that happened off the Grassy Harbour. In particular, the ship grounded on the sandy bottom to the east of the inner breakwater.

CHIRP has issued a new series of videos providing best practices on how to handle unsafe situation onboard. This initiative launched by CHIRP and sponsored by the Standard P&I Club, is part of CHIRP’s mission to promote safety awareness amongst seafarers.