Tag: TSB

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) published its report on the 15 December 2019, involving the bulk carrier Tecumseh, that had a fire in the engine room while transiting the Detroit River off Windsor, Ontario. 

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report on a March 2019 berthing incident involving the roll-on/roll-off ferry Apollo in Matane, Quebec.

TSB Canada published its report on the 1 December 2020 incident, where while the crew on the bulk carrier Blue Bosporus were carrying out a free‑fall lifeboat drill at Anchorage 12 in English Bay, British Columbia, the wire rope slings holding the lifeboat failed and it fell approximately 14m to the water. 

Following the fire onboard ZIM Kingston, Transportation Safety Board of Canada is deploying a team to investigate the situation.

TSB Canada issued an investigation report on a crew fall overboard incident after a workboat, belonging to the bulk carrier Manitoulin, struck a mooring line on St. Clair River, near Sombra, Ontario, in May 2020. 

In its transportation statistics 2020, TSB Canada recorded a total of 262 marine accidents (resulting directly from the operation of a ship), down from the 2019 total of 267 and below the 10-year average of 289. In 2020, the proportion of shipping accidents was 84% of marine accidents, comparable to the previous 10-year average of 82%.

In its investigation report on the 2018 grounding of the passenger vessel Akademik Ioffe, TSB Canada determined that there are unique risks associated with operating in the Canadian Arctic and issued recommendation for the development and implementation of mandatory mitigation measures to ensure safety of passenger vessels and protection of Arctic.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) issued its investigation report on the bottom contact of the passenger ferry 'Deer Island Princess II' near Letete, New Brunswick, in February 2018, determining that common safety hazards, such as extremely low tides, had not been identified and mitigated by the operator of the vessel.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) issued an investigation report into the striking of a dock by the roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry 'Spirit of Vancouver Island' in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, in April 2020. The investigation identified gaps in the effectiveness of safety management.

TSB Canada issued an investigation report on the collision of the bulk carriers Golden Cecilie and Green K-Max 1 in the Plumper Sound, British Columbia, in March 2020. The Golden Cecilie suffered dragging anchor due to heavy winds, the report reveals, stressing that the crew did not follow established procedures to ready the vessel for impending adverse weather conditions.