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Real Life Incident: Deadly MOB While Rigging Pilot Combination Ladder
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Real Life Incident: Deadly MOB While Rigging Pilot Combination Ladder

In the early morning hours, a loaded tanker with seven metres of freeboard was approaching port at about 6.5 knots. There was a light wind and seas of approximately 1 metre. Visibility was good, but it was still dark; sunrise was in about one hour and 45 minutes.

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Real Life Incident: Crewman’s Foot Crushed During Acrobatic Manoeuvre
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Real Life Incident: Crewman’s Foot Crushed During Acrobatic Manoeuvre

The vessel was preparing to load a cargo of timber. The ship’s crew were arranging the stanchions on the ship side that would be used for the timber stow on deck.

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Real Life Incident: Control Your Control Wire
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Real Life Incident: Control Your Control Wire

A vessel’s lifeboat with crew on board was being lowered to the water when the remote control lowering wire suddenly parted. Poor winch wire spooling under the outer layers led to a wire kink, creating a weak spot that contributed to the wire failure.

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Real Life Incident: A Fatal Fall
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Real Life Incident: A Fatal Fall

A bulk carrier was underway and the crew were cleaning cargo holds in preparation for the next loading port. The bosun and four deck crew began by moving a ‘mucking winch’ to the sludge hatch of one of the cargo holds.

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Real Life Incident: Hot Fuel Oil Incapacitates Two Crew For Months
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Real Life Incident: Hot Fuel Oil Incapacitates Two Crew For Months

Crew on a bulk carrier in port were planning a transfer of heavy fuel oil from a storage tank to fuel oil settling tank no.1 (FOST-1). The fourth engineer and an oiler were tasked with this job.

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Real Life Incident: Hot Sludge Burns Crewmember
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Real Life Incident: Hot Sludge Burns Crewmember

The main engine on a bulk carrier was switched over to very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) to comply with regulations. Once the engine was operating on VLSFO, the sludge discharge line of the oil separator frequently clogged, generating a ‘separator fail’ alarm on the alarm panel.

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Real Life Incident: Fire In Hold While Loading Scrap Metal
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Real Life Incident: Fire In Hold While Loading Scrap Metal

A general cargo vessel was loading scrap metal using a shore grab. Although the cargo declaration specified ‘scrap metal’, in practice there were other elements of refuse in the scrap metal stockpile.

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Real Life Incident:- Drifting ‘Give-Way’ Vessel Collides With Fishing Vessel
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Real Life Incident:- Drifting ‘Give-Way’ Vessel Collides With Fishing Vessel

Container ship under way was stopped and drifting at sea due to port congestion at the next destination. The OOW was supported by another crewmember as lookout.

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Real Life Incident: Vessel Loses Steering, Causes $6m In Damages
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Real Life Incident: Vessel Loses Steering, Causes $6m In Damages

On July 12, 2021, the bulk carrier Jalma Topic was transiting upriver on the Lower Mississippi River when it lost steering and struck a stationary barge that was being used for office space. No injuries were reported.

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