Tag: UK MAIB

UK Marine Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an investigation report, of the grounding of the general cargo vessel BBC Marmara in the Little Minch, off the west coast of Scotland on 25 July 2021.

UK Marine Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an investigation report about an incident that occurred on 24 November 2021, into the flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable migrant boat resulting in the loss of at least 27 lives in the Dover Strait.

UK Marine Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an investigation report into an incident that occurred on 4 March 2021, onboard Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough, where three of its crew members sustained minor injuries when a lifeboat fell into the sea during a familiarisation launch.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a research ship was unloading in port following its arrival from overseas and its crew had made a plan to offload a 20ft open-top container, which was filled with various pieces of equipment.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, on a dark, blustery winter’s morning a harbour ferry was leaving its overnight berth, where it had been secured using fixed length, double-eyed mooring ropes.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a stevedore was fortunate to escape with a fractured leg after being run over by a forklift truck on the stern ramp of a ro-ro ferry.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, the master and crew of a high-speed passenger ferry had prepared for the day’s scheduled runs. Shortly after starting the ferry’s engines, and on the first run of the morning, the starboard engine space fire detection system alarm activated.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a ro-ro ferry was attempting to berth in a small northern European port at night in high winds. The three operational linkspans at the ferry port required vessels to moor stern to and another ferry occupied the middle linkspan.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, a tug was being prepared for the day’s operation when it lost all electrical power as the master pressed the main engine start button from the wheelhouse.

As UK MAIB reports in its most recent Safety Digest, one bright spring morning, just before high water, a workboat berthed in a lock on its way to support diving operations in the adjacent dock.