Tag: marine casualties

During the operation of burning sludge in the vessel incinerator, the temperature of the exhaust gas temperature alarm was higher than the usual; This resulted to a fire. There were no injuries but there was some damage to the equipment in the incinerator room.

According to local news, a crewmember from the cruise ship 'Vision of the Seas' fell from the vessel into the water, losing his life, at the port of Livorno Italy. After the search and rescue operation, the divers found the body of the crew member.

Following the fatal accident of the Conception, the commercial diving vessel with 39 people aboard, the NTSB conducted a questioning for the five crewmembers who survived to find the initial causes of the fatality. The initial dive search found the remains of 33 out of 34 missing from the boat and now the officials are using DNA analysis to determine the identities of the victims. 

The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIB) published an accident report, which took place at Drammen port, Norway, on Monday, November 12 2018. An AB man was trying to repair a compact loader onboard vessel 'Mercator' when he was almost crushed between the showel and the wheelhouse. 

A week after it ran aground about 400 meters off the coast of La Manga, the Spanish minesweeper Turia has been refloated and returned to the naval base at Cartagena, Spain, as the Spanish Navy informed. 

CHIRP published its 56th edition of Maritime Feedback focusing on reports concerning seafarers' fatigue and its impacts. In this report a fisherman had to cut its anchor ropes and fishing lines in light of a fast-approaching drifting tug.

CHIRP issued its 56th Maritime Feedback focusing on reports discussing the impacts of fatigue and the importance of seafarers' wellbeing when onboard. Managing stress and sleeping well at sea is an integral part of positive health and well-being on board, given that fatigue is a leading factor in accidents.

In September's monthly scenario, the Swedish club reports of a tanker that was run aground because of the typhoon. The vessel was anchored off an Asian port when a category 2 typhoon led to the wind increasing to more than Beaufort scale 12. The crew abandoned the vessel, while there were no injuries or pollution reported. 

The Stellar Daisy accident shocked the shipping industry back in 2017 as only two crewmembers managed to survive. Now, the International Stellar Daisy Network is demanding from the South Korean Government to retrieve the second Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) from the sunken bulk carrier. 

As the National Sea Rescue Institute reports, a breaking wave is said to have injured four Filipino crewmen onboard a bulk carrier that was approaching Port Elizabeth. The wave broke over the vessel at sea off-shore of the vicinity of Port Edward on Tuesday, August 6.