Tag: man overboard

A captain was rescued 66 hours after falling off a large bulk carrier in the Java Sea, according to Turkish and Indonesian authorities.

COVID-19 restrictions on movement led to the death of a ship's officer at the port of Tianjin on January 29, according to a Turkish maritime industry association. 

A new report commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Foundation reveals that the current reporting systems for maritime occupational accidents, prevent visibility of underlying causation.

A crew member is missing and is presumed dead after going overboard from a general cargo ship off Turkey, on January 26.

In a recent notice, Hong Kong Merchant Shipping informs about a man overboard accident that took place on board a bulk carrier when it departed from Port Dickson, Malaysia, providing also lessons learned from the incident.

In its latest publication of "Good Catch", the American Club provides lessons learned from an incident where two mariners died as they were washed overboard.

In its latest Safety Flashes of maritime incidents, IMCA summarizes a case of unsafe personnel embarkation.

Steamship Mutual provides lessons learned from a fall overboard a bulk carrier in North Atlantic waters, where two crew were missing. 

TSB Canada issued an investigation report on a crew fall overboard incident after a workboat, belonging to the bulk carrier Manitoulin, struck a mooring line on St. Clair River, near Sombra, Ontario, in May 2020. 

While the Bosun and an AB were recovering the accommodation ladder on a bulk carrier, heavy weather caused the AB to fall overboard from the lower platform of the ladder. The Hong Kong MARDEP shared lessons learned from the incident.