Real Life Incident: Fatal Accident On First Day After Promotion To Floor Hand Position
An incident resulting in a single fatality occurred onboard a drillship in the Gulf of Mexico during pipe-handling operations.
An incident resulting in a single fatality occurred onboard a drillship in the Gulf of Mexico during pipe-handling operations.
A team of custom officers found drugs hidden in the rudder trunk of a vessel. due to lack of proper guards around the rudder stock. The investigation revealed that there was a lack of proper guards around the rudder stock , allowing potential unauthorised access for drug trafficking purposes.
Find out how an unintentional operation of a shut-off valve caused grounding and sinking of a vessel, followed by closure of navigation channel for four days.
An engineer of the watch lost his life while carrying out repair work after his clothes, soaked in fuel, caught fire in the engine room. Learn more about this unfortunate event inside the article.
In an unfortunate accident, the ship’s gangway shifted inboard in an uncontrolled manner and struck the chief officer. He died three days later due to internal bleeding. Find out more inside the article.
Unsafe cargo and unsafe anchorage leads to sinking of a bulk carrier. More than 600 tonnes of oil leaked into the sea and took more than three months to clean up. Learn more about the accident inside.
Two tanks of a loaded vessel were ruptured on the port side and the vessel took a list when the master was unable to manoeuvre the loaded vessel quickly enough to avoid a collision with the beacon. Read more inside the article.
The body of ship’s bosun was recovered after five days of accident, which occurred when he was securing the port lifeboat for sea. Find out more about the unfortunate accident inside the article.
While attending to a related task on deck, a crew member stepped back and fell backwards into the open moon pool hatchway. Find out more about the incident inside the article.
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