Tag: Safety Digest

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a ro-ro ferry was attempting to berth in a small northern European port at night in high winds. The three operational linkspans at the ferry port required vessels to moor stern to and another ferry occupied the middle linkspan.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a tug was being prepared for the day’s operation when it lost all electrical power as the master pressed the main engine start button from the wheelhouse.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, one bright spring morning, just before high water, a workboat berthed in a lock on its way to support diving operations in the adjacent dock.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, it was another busy day of operations for a workboat at an offshore wind farm. Sailing early, the workboat was due to transfer two teams to carry out maintenance tasks on two different wind turbines.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a general cargo vessel was preparing to depart port to allow another vessel to berth.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, on a fine summer evening, in slight sea conditions and good visibility, a pilot vessel headed out through the breakwaters.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, at just after midnight on a calm autumn night with excellent visibility, an outbound cruise ship and an inbound roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ferry passed 100m apart with a relative closing speed of 35 knots (kts), the equivalent of 5 seconds to a collision.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a pilot was embarking a moored bunker tanker via its pilot ladder in calm conditions.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a container ship was on passage. In the engine room, the electrician was pondering how to repair a fault with the ship’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS), which needed to operate on arrival into port the next day.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a bulk carrier was alongside in port late one afternoon. The cargo discharge had been completed and the second officer (2/O) and able seaman (AB) were standing on the midship port side catwalk, preparing for the loading of the next cargo by lowering the upper rails around the hold hatches.