Tag: lessons learned

Lessons learnt: The Cost of Poor Planning

Report by the Committee on Large Container Ship Safety Following the loss of the container vessel MOL COMFORT on 17 June 2013, 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. ClassNK serves as a member of the Committee and the ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team is actively involved in its deliberative and investigative work.The Committee on Large Container Ship Safety completed its Interim Report on the MOL Comfort casualty during its fourth meeting on 12 December 2013, and released the report to the public on 17 December 2013.In line with Interim Report, the ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team will continue to carry out numerical simulations of hull strength and acting loads, as well as conduct full-scale stress measurements of actual ships in order to develop comprehensive measures to ensure the safety of large container vessels, including potential amendments to existing classification rules related to hull structures.Tank Top Arrangement of No.5 & No.6 Cargo Holds (Port Side)(Image Credit: Interim Report of ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced its response to the interim reportof the Committee on Large Container Ship Safety related to the incident on June 17, 2013, involving the MOL-operated MOL Comfort, which hull broke in half.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has issued investigation report into the grounding og MV ''Huelin Dispatch'' on Pierre au Vraic, happened on 21st September 2012.

On 14 June 2013, the general cargo vessel Fri Ocean ran aground at about 10.5 knots, 2 miles south of Tobermory, Isle of Mull, while on passage from Corpach in Scotland to Varberg in Sweden.

Shipping Professional Network in London (SPNL) held their last event of the year on Tuesday, 3rd December 2013.

The Nautical Institute has issued MARS Report No. 70 'Passenger briefings less than brief, edited from official TSB report M07L0158, regarding inadequate passenger briefings.

The Nautical Institute has issued MARS Report No. 71 ' Poor leadership and a bad lead regarding poorly designed equipment and unsuitable lead for the messenger line which lead to errors during towing and mooring operations.

The Nautical Institute has issued MARS Report No. 72 regarding incident resulting in loss of anchor due to heavy movements during bad weather.

The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No68 regarding fatality caused by poor mooring practice.