Tag: lessons learned

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a tug was being prepared for the day’s operation when it lost all electrical power as the master pressed the main engine start button from the wheelhouse.

The Nautical Institute presents an incident where, a tug was towing a scrap metal barge in coastal waters in easy wind and wave conditions. The scrap metal was ‘shredder feed’, which is a lower grade than heavy melting steel.

The Swedish Club has published a casebook, presenting 17 different case studies and provides lessons learned. In one of them, incorrect declaration caused charcoal fire.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on the collision of a passenger and car ferry Cathlamet, with a ferry terminal dolphin that took place last year in Washington, to draw lessons learned. 

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, one bright spring morning, just before high water, a workboat berthed in a lock on its way to support diving operations in the adjacent dock.

Allianz will now publish a new series of bulletins to assist stakeholders with risk mitigation and loss prevention measures for emerging risks. A recent bulletin, issued in October, focuses on Lithium-ion batteries and their association hazards. 

American Club informs about an incident, in which a deck barge carrying a tractor crane and associated equipment was being relocated to a new job location. The barge owner had hired a towing vessel for the short ocean transit.

The Swedish Club published its monthly safety scenario for October, describing an incident in which a container vessel was alongside and cargo operations had begun.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, it was another busy day of operations for a workboat at an offshore wind farm. Sailing early, the workboat was due to transfer two teams to carry out maintenance tasks on two different wind turbines.

The Nautical Institute presents an incident where, a general cargo vessel had berthed and was discharging cargo from the upper port cargo hold, to provide lessons learned.