Tag: Swedish Club

In its recently released casebook of maritime incidents, Swedish Club describes a grounding case as channel buoys were in the wrong position.

In its latest casebook of marine casualties, Swedish Club describes an incident where a RoRo vessel run aground in unsurveyed waters.

Lubrication oil-related failure is the most common cause of main engine damage and a major contributing factor to auxiliary engine breakdowns, a new publication by The Swedish Club reveals. 

Swedish Club's casebook describes a total loss incident, where an anchored vessel ran aground due to typhoon.

In its latest published casebook, Swedish Club describes an incident where a vessel experienced loss of anchor due to heavy weather.

In its latest casebook focused on marine incidents, Swedish Club describes an incident where a RoRo vessel's bow hit quay at speed.

In its recently-released casebook focused on marine incidents, Swedish Club highlights an incident where a vessel's bow collided with a berthed vessel.

In its latest-issued casebook focused on marine incidents, Swedish Club describes an incident where two vessels collided due to restricted visibility conditions.

In its latest casebook, Swedish Club notes a case of collision between two vessels in a narrow channel. The incident  Vessel A, a capesize bulk carrier, was approaching port while fully loaded with iron ore. It had an overall length of 325 metres, a breadth of 52.5 metres and drafts of 17.8 metres. The water depth in the fairway of the port was more than 18 metres. However, the water depth to the north and south of the fairway was less than 17 metres. Vessel A was constrained by her draught and had the correct lights displayed. The fairway was about 420 metres in breadth. Pilot briefing carried out The pilot had embarked, and three tugs were lining up to connect to the vessel. The Master and pilot on vessel A had carried out a pilot briefing and the pilot had received a copy of the pilot card. It was evening with clear skies and light winds. Vessel A had a speed of 7 knots and a course of 310 degrees and both steering pumps were switched on. All navigation equipment was working. The vessel was in manual steering mode. Both X-band and S-band ARPA radars were set to north ...

In its recently issued Monthly Safety Scenario, the Swedish P&I Club focuses on a case where a containership suffered fire due to misdeclared cargo.