Tag: lessons learned

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a cruise ship was being prepared for departure from a Caribbean port and an able seaman (AB) was working on the mooring deck, using a messenger line around the mooring rope to guide it onto a winch drum.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a chemical tank, partly filled with Monoethylene Glycol (MEG), imploded on the back deck of a vessel, resulting in a spillage of around two cubic metres of MEG to the back deck and to sea, and unrepairable damage to the tank itself.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a vessel was discharging cargo alongside at a not always afloat but safely aground (NAABSA) tidal river berth just before low water.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, an overhead electric chain hoist container/box weighing approx. 30kg fell around 0.8m onto a crew member.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a tanker was making its final approach to an oil berth with two tugs attached and a pilot on board.

In September 2023, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) carried out Performance-Based Risk Inspections (PBRIs) for 22 production and well operation sites in the Gulf of Mexico.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a container vessel was slowly approaching a Mediterranean port in the early hours of a winter morning.

IMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a crew person was injured getting out of a fresh water tank on a vessel. The incident occurred during cleaning of the tank.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a container vessel was slowly approaching a Mediterranean port in the early hours of a winter morning.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, the crew of a pusher tug were disconnecting lines from a cargo barge when the master, who was at the helm in the wheelhouse, heard a distressing scream from the tug’s aft deck.