Tag: Transport Malta

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report on the fatal injuries of a crew member due to the failure of an overhead monorail crane wire rope, in the port of Laem Chabang, Thailand, on 07 November 2022. 

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report on the fall overboard and subsequent loss of life of a crew member while securing a pilot ladder combination arrangement for the Maltese-registered oil and chemical tanker. 

Transport Malta's Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report on an injury due to snapping rope, that took place at Teesport, UK, on 31 January 2023. 

Transport Malta's Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report on the MV CAPE KORTIA fire in the engine-room, which took place on January 20 2023 at the port of Rodman, Panama, leading to the loss of all power. 

Transport Malta has published an investigation report regarding an incident that took place, during the early hours of 07 October 2022, Port Gdynia was moored alongside in the port of Bata, Equatorial Guinea. Cargo operations had been stopped due to heavy rain and stevedores had left the vessel. 

Transport Malta has published an investigation report regarding an incident that took place on 18 July 2022, whilst Sunny Isles was en route from Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, to Durban, South Africa, in a loaded condition, the second engineer was organizing and inspecting chain blocks in the engine-room, along with two other crew members.

Transport Malta has published an investigation report regarding an incident that took place on 26 September 2022, when the master of VS Salome had just signed off and was disembarking the vessel while at anchor, on to a service boat, using the port side pilot ladder.

Transport Malta has published an investigation report regarding an incident that took place in the morning of 26 September 2022, whilst Milagro was drifting outside the Republic of Korea’s territorial waters, the fitter was assigned to replace a leaking hydraulic pipe on the main deck.

Transport Malta has published an investigation report regarding an incident that took place on 14 September 2022, when MV Mona was transiting the Aegean Sea, en route to a dry dock in Tuzla, Türkiye, when a fire broke out in the engine-room, with flames observed rising above the main engine’s cylinder unit no. 2.

Transport Malta has issued a revised  revised Merchant Shipping Notice to reflect the adoption of the Seafarer Portal as the sole direct link to apply for seafarer documentation. Furthermore, the  notice updates certain requirements that were introduced through the 2010 amendments to the STCW Convention (Manila Amendments).