Tag: lessons learned

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, the master and crew of a high-speed passenger ferry had prepared for the day’s scheduled runs. Shortly after starting the ferry’s engines, and on the first run of the morning, the starboard engine space fire detection system alarm activated.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a ro-ro ferry was attempting to berth in a small northern European port at night in high winds. The three operational linkspans at the ferry port required vessels to moor stern to and another ferry occupied the middle linkspan.

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.