UK MAIB published its report on Finlandia Seaways, which on 16 April 2018 sufered a catastrophic main engine failure that caused serious structural damage to the engine and a fire in the engine room.
UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the fatality of a crew member in an enclosed space onboard the fishing vessel Sunbeam off Scotland, in August 2018. The report highlighted that entering enclosed spaces without safety precautions had been normalised by the crew through many years’ operations.
In its latest report, UK Maib describes the fatal crush accident onboard the general cargo vessel “Karina C”at Seville, Spain back in May 2019.
UK MAIB publishes the marine accidents statistics for 2019, reporting 1090 accidents to UK vessels or in UK coastal waters.
The latest edition of Safety Digest issued by UK MAIB, describes how a vessel’s stern struck a small, moored leisure vessel during operating in shallow and narrow channel.
Following the second edition of UK Maib’s Safety Digest for 2020, it is presented a case where a cargo ship altered course and a ferry vessel applied astern power, in order to avoid collision.
The latest Safety Digest by UK MAIB informs about an incident where the master of a ro-ro ferry lost control of the vessel as the wind started to increase.
The UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the collision of two rescue boats during training on the River Cleddau, in September 2019. The investigation highlighted that neither crew was keeping an effective lookout, and so lacked awareness of the two boats’ relative positions and movements.
In its latest Safety Digest UK MAIB presents a case where a training drill of a support vessel with its daughter craft did not went according to plan.
