The ship’s 4th engineer while inspecting the incinerator got his arm trapped. After evacuating, surgery was performed but to no avail and amputation of the forearm was unavoidable.
A bulk carrier had to undergo drydock operations after a grounding incident in a narrow channel. Find out what exactly happened inside the article.
A ro-ro ferry was inbound in a restricted waterway on a heading of 220° at full sea speed (18 knots OTG). The vessel was approximately one cable to starboard of the 220° transit line when the Master ordered an alteration to port to 215° in order to bring the vessel onto the 220º transit line (see figure).
A container vessel was leaving port in darkness under the con of a pilot. The third officer and the Master were also on the bridge and a helmsman was steering by hand. On leaving the container ship, the pilot was scheduled to embark on an inbound tanker near the entrance of the buoyed port channel….
On two container vessels, fires broke out in containers loaded with charcoal in bulk even though the charcoal had passed the UN N.4 test and was not classified as self-heating. Find out more about the incident in the article.
Two vessels collide, making parallel body contact while overtaking restricted waterway. Find out more about the accident inside the article.
Three crew members received scalds while repairing minor water and vapour leaks near the turbo pumps of the feed water circuit. Learn more about the accident inside the article.
A collision between a tug and a loaded bulk carrier lead to loss of lives of 18 crew members. Learn more about the unfortunate incident in the article.
While cleaning the lifeboat, a junior officer picked up one of the bottles, assuming it contained the fresh water and took a drink. The bottle contained tank cleaning chemical. Find out what happened next inside the article.
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