Tag: Transport Malta

Last July, the Maltese registered passenger ship Horizon ran aground soon after departing her berth in Stavanger, Norway. At the time of the accident, she had 1615 passengers and 612 crew members on board. The safety investigation concluded that the grounding occurred because the planned swing of the vessel’s bow to port was initiated early.

Transport Malta has issued its investigation report into the serious injuries on board the Maltese registered containers ship SCA Munksund in which the Chief Engineer was hit by flying debris following the disintegration of the flexible coupling between the power take-off from the main engine gearbox and the input to the shaft generator.

Transport Malta has issued the investigation report of the crew fatality onboard MT Giannutri at a shipyard in Riga, Latvia when the OS fell at a height of about 14 m from the top ladder down to an empty cargo oil tank. A recommendation was issued to the company requesting to address risk on board  by understanding the way crew members conduct tasks assigned to them.

The Marine Safety Investigation Unit issued an investigation report, regarding an accidental fall from a height of a crew member, during the cargo hold cleaning operations, onboard a bulk carrier. The purpose is to determine the circumstances and safety factors of the incident, to prevent further marine casualties from occurring again.

Transport Malta has issued an investigation report regarding an accident that happened to one of the engine ratings on oboard the Skysea Golden Era while in port of Baoshan, Shanghai.

Transport Malta has issued investigation report regarding a serious injury incident that happened onboard the vessel Vola 1, in the port of Vlothaven, Netherlands on 05 February 2016.

Transport Malta has issued an investigation report on the alleged collision of MT Minerva Pisces with fishing trawler Zhe Pu Yu which occurred on January 13, 2016 as there has been no compelling evidence to confirm that physical contact was made between the two vessels.

The Transport Malta has issued safety investigation report regarding a collision incident that occured between the vessels SHIBUMI and Sam Wolf in the Singapore Straits.

On 05 December 2015, the Maltese registered bulk carrier Maraki, and the Bahamas registered vehicle carrier Ivory Arrow, collided in a crossing zone between Dover Strait TSS and West Hinder TSS.

The Transport Malta has issued safety investigation report into the fatality of a crew member following a fall inside cargo hold on board the Maltese registered container vessel CORELLI on 30 November 2015.