Real Life Incident: Restricted Waterway Bank Effect
A small cargo vessel was loaded and proceeding in a restricted waterway – a river with significant tidal range.
Real Life Incident: Mooring fatality
Under pilotage, a bulk carrier was coming alongside a berth for loading. As they approached, the pilot explained to the Master the required manoeuvres.
Real Life Incident: Unsafe Gangway + Impaired Faculties = Fatalities
A large wooden sail training vessel was moored at a shipyard ahead of a planned dry-docking. ‘Holding off’ lines were rigged and adjusted to keep the ship from touching the sides of the dock and the gangway was aligned with a gap in shoreside safety barriers.
Real Life Accident: Inexperience and Lack of Situational Awareness Lead To Collision Of Two Vessels
Inability to keep a proper visual lookout and ineffective use of electronic aids by the ship’s OOW lead to collision of two vessels. Learn more about the accident inside the article.
Real Life Incident: Tanker And Bulk Carrier Makes Contact
A tanker and a bulk carrier makes a contact in a high traffic area. Find out more details about the incident in the article inside.
Real Life Incident: Fingers Crushed By Heavy Equipment
An engineer and a helper needed to inspect the spare impeller blade assembly for the inert gas generator.
Real Life Incident: Collision Causes 15 Fatalities
A loaded bulk carrier was underway at about 13 knots in a busy marine waterway, in poor visibility and in darkness.
Real Life Incident: VLOC Goes Down In 5 minutes With 22 Of 24 Crew
A Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) loaded with iron ore fines was underway with a combined wave (wind and swell) of about 3.7m on the starboard side.
Real Life Incident: Ladder Deficiency Allows Fall To Quay
A general cargo ship was berthed to load steel products. The ship had a gantry crane which ran on rails on the coaming each side of the holds and was used to lift or replace the hatch covers.