Tag: safety management systems

The UK P&I Club issued important lessons learned following a fatality caused by entry into cargo holds, advising that these holds should always be treated as enclosed spaces and all crew should be properly trained to recognise the associated hazards.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands issued a marine safety note, informing that 32 engine room or other machinery space flooding incidents have been reported in the past five years, that are not related to a navigational casualty.

RMI issued an advisory referring to causal factors that have led to marine casualties off Singapore and Chittagong. Following a five-year review of collisions, allisions and groundings in the areas, the Flag Administration noted that many of the casualties occurred in designated anchorages.

Transport Malta issued an investigation report, concerning the allision of the Antigua & Barbuda registered heavy-lift "MARIA" and the consequent foundering of the Italian registered fishing vessel "ANGELA ARCELLA", in the Grand Harbour, Valletta, on 9 August 2016.

The Shipowners Club issued a cyber security notice, stressing that companies should not only be aware of external cyber threats but also those that can occur internally. Procedures, rules and training should be put into place to limit the opportunity for cyber-attacks to occur.

On August 4th, Korean Samsung Heavy Industries announced the launch of Safety Master Plan, a new plan aiming to enhance safety, after the fatal crane collapse in May. The Plan involves initiatives and detailed roadmap to establish Geoje shipyard as the world's safest shipyard by 2018.

At the first meeting of a special Fishing Industry Safety Group in York, the UK’s federations proposed the development of a voluntary safety management system to help co-ordinate the preparation of the ILO C188 Work in Fishing Convention due early next year.

The results of a DNV GL's recent survey on maritime safety in four regions reflected the industry’s focus on safety and presented direction on how to improve safety at sea. The main conclusion is that the crew is the key and that to improve safety at sea the community needs to invest in training and enhancing the safety culture. 

In view of the sudden spread of a new ransomware variant, that affected maritime owners and operators, forcing them to shutter operations, ABS suggests that such cases illustrate what can happen to systems, when technology use outruns system understanding.

The NTSB issued an accident report, studying the allision of the tank barge Double Skin 501 with IMTT Bayonne Pier A in Bayonne, New Jersey, when being pushed by the uninspected towing vessel Peter F Gellatly. Damage to the barge, pier, and an adjacent ship, the Isola Bianca, totaled an estimated $2.7 million and resulted in the discharge of 630 gallons of fuel oil into the waterway.