Real Life Incident: Mooring Fatality In Shipyard
Lack of necessary experience and knowledge to handle mooring ropes safely fatally injures one of the shipyard personnel. Read more about the accident inside the article.
Lack of necessary experience and knowledge to handle mooring ropes safely fatally injures one of the shipyard personnel. Read more about the accident inside the article.
The accident that occurred in the Port of Texas City on 16th April 1947 is a disaster that has been recorded as one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the world.
A crew member lost his life after being hit by a spring line during mooring operation. Find out more about the unfortunate incident in the article.
The use of marine airbags to launch a ship and to land it back in a dock is a very novel process. The concept was developed in the year 1981 in the Jinan province of China. In these past thirty years, this concept has undergone a lot of development and revolution and is now one of the most recognised methods of launching and landing a ship.
In the early evening, the crew of a chemical tanker in ballast was preparing for departure and pilot advised the Master that he intended to use a mooring launch/tug to assist in maneuvering.
The pirate menace in the seas may soon come to a halt if the British BAE systems comes in a practical picture which immobilize pirates by dazzling them on approach by laser.
Marine environmental protection agencies are important to conserve marine ecosystem and prevent ocean pollution. We bring to you 13 important marine environmental protection agencies which are doing one of the most important jobs towards saving the natural environment.
One of the popular insurance and reinsurance Broker Company of UK, Jardine Lloyde Thompson along with Convoy Escort Programme Ltd has introduced an escort program for merchant ships passing through Gulf of Aden- an extremely sensitive piracy area.
Crew member’s finger heavily squeezed while demonstrating the function of one of the engine room ventilation fire dampers by moving the lever to the closed position.
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