A small passenger vessel offered overnight tourism trips from a home port. It took various routes depending on the conditions at the time, but all were well known to the Master.
A tug assisted a tanker with a wire rope towline, and then went to anchor nearby in order to heave in the heavy line.
A survey/supply vessel was alongside preparing for a contract, for which several items of deck gear and machinery had to be moved.
A cargo vessel completed loading and left port in the early morning hours. By about 0400, the pilot departed the vessel, and the Master notified the deck crew to ensure that the berthing stations were secured for the passage; heavy weather was forecast.
Two tugs were towing a barge in coastal iceinfested waters. At one point, tug 1 had to release the tow and go around the barge to clear the ice.
A deck crew member was tasked to clear the accumulated shipboard plastic waste by burning it in an empty 200-litre oil drum on the poop deck
One crew member suffered a serious head wound and the bosun was incapacitated after getting hit by a large wave on deck. Find out what happened inside the article.
After a stevedore slipped and fell into a gap between logs on a log vessel, three others attempted to rescue him. All four unconscious stevedores were brought out with great difficulty from narrow spaces between logs. The hospital declared them “dead on arrival”.
Poor visibility and lack of proper watch keeping at the bridge lead to grounding of the vessel and contact with moored barges during pilotage. Read inside to find out the reason behind this accident.
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