The Maritime Industry Guide
An accident during ship-to-ship transfer led to knocking the master overboard. Search and rescue operations were initiated but the Master was not found. His body was recovered four days later.
His body was recovered four days later.
A crew member’s chest was crushed between the edge of pontoon 8 and the aft bulkhead during cargo operation. Find out what happened inside the article.
As the davit arm slewed further outboard, the tension on the brake release line increased sufficiently to release the brake. The rescue boat dropped, its hull hitting the raised edge of the outboard deck. It then tilted outboard to such a degree that the two men in the boat fell overboard.
A car carrier had been loaded, not with cars but with bundles of timber. The vessel sailed without a finalized and accurately calculated GM. Check out the real reasons behind this incident.
A chemical tanker planned to take on stores while underway via a small re-supply boat. Find out how a ship-to-ship transfer turned into an unfortunate event.
A container vessel was adrift in dense fog, standing-by off a busy port waiting for berth availability. A tanker was approaching the same port. Find out how an unfortunate incident happened.
On 30 October 2017, the UK registered container ship Ever Smart suffered a container stow collapse while on passage between Taipei, Taiwan, and Los Angeles, USA.
Due to inaccurate GM calculation, a car carrier vessel blacked out and the starboard list continued to increase as the ship swung to port and grounded.
A deck crewmember went to the bridge to make a telephone call. He saw a slipper lying on the grating by the lifebuoy, realizing he had not seen the OOW when he came to the bridge, he concluded something was wrong…