Tag: marine casualties

On December 21, Saturday, the bulker vessel "CDRY Blue" went aground on a rocky shore on the coast of Sardinia, Italy, leading to the Italian Coast Guard (Guardia Costiera) launching a rescue operation for those onboard.

In its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB focuses on an incident on a yacht which was into a 10-day ocean passage when it encountered a sudden increase in wind strength during hours of darkness. As the sea conditions deteriorated rapidly, the crew began reefing the main sail in order to reduce the yacht’s sail area; head sails needed to be lowered as well. After the main sail had been reefed, one of the crew was sent below to get extra help from the off-watch crew. The crew member started helping in the cockpit with preparations for lowering the headsails, while she had not yet been clipped on her tether to one of the yacht’s jackstays.

The Panama-flagged cargo vessel, LIRA, suffered water ingress sailing through the Tyrrhenian Sea, when the crewmembers issued a distress call, followed by the Italian Coast Guard authorities which came to the rescue. 

The UK MAIB issued an interim report concerning an explosion and fire on board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland which occurred that day in Ulsan, Republic of Korea, looking for the factors that caused the explosion.

In its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB focuses on an incident where a crewmember on a fishing trawler had their hand stuck on the flaking machine’s rack and pinion arrangement; While the other deckhand tried to help, they panicked causing a more serious injury to the crewmember. 

Russia's only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, was caught on fire on Thursday, December 12, during work in Russia's Arctic Sea port of Murmansk. Reuters now reports that least one military serviceman was killed and other 12 people were injured.

Russia's only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, was caught on fire on Thursday, December 12, during work in Russia's Arctic Sea port of Murmansk, as Reuters reports. The area the fire took place covers 120 square metres, with diesel fuel currently burning and firefighters using foam, in attempts to extinguish the fire.

The Japan Transport Safety Board focuses on a fatality which took place during container loading operations at the Nabeta wharf, Yatomi city, Aichi Prefecture, where a Stevedore lost their life after he got caught between two containers, and was then pronounced dead by a doctor.

On August 6, 2017, a scallop dredger sank and killed three of the four men onboard a small fishing boat off Shoreham, West Sussex, while its skipper was distracted by WhatsApp. On Monday December 2, a jury at Lewes Crown Court heard that David Brooks Marr was using his laptop computer and social media when he should have been on watch. BBC reports that the three men, aged 40, 41 and 50 drowned when seawater gushed into their boat.

The UK MAIB published its latest investigation report, focusing on a chief engineer's fatal accident onboard the tug "Millgarth". Specifically, the chief engineer fell into the River Mersey from the north oil stage at the Tranmere Oil Terminal at Birkenhead, England, in January 2019.