A vessel was underway in good weather. Two deck crew had been directed to paint the underside of the external stairway landings at bridge deck level. Find out what happened inside the article.
A loaded vessel was departing a berth in very confined waters without tug assistance.As the vessel moved away from the berth, the stern came into heavy contact with the berth. Find out what happened.
A tanker had berthed at jetty 1 for partial unloading. There was a weak flood tide and the vessel did not use tugs. The arrival pilot discussed tug use for the vessel’s departure and informed the Master that use of a tug was mandatory for vessels departing jetty 1 on an ebb tide.
Use of incorrect Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), inadequate safety briefing, and failure to use breathing apparatus almost kills the ship’s chief officer and seaman from hydrogen sulphide exposure.
A self-unloading bulk carrier grounds in a narrow strait as a result of improper bridge procedures and ECDIS use by the bridge navigation crew. The grounding damages the ship, leading to water ingress in deep ballast tank. Read more about the real incident inside the article.
A chemical tanker was discharging in port and two crew members were working to top-up the air pressure in the lifeboat air supply cylinders. One crew member was in the compressor room and operated the compressor while the other was in the lifeboat to connect/disconnect the air hose to the cylinders and validate the pressure.
An offshore windfarm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) was positioned at a wind turbine generator (WTG). Waves of 3m and a swell of 2.8m were being experienced but this was deemed acceptable.
In an unfortunate incident, an engine room fitter lost his life when he fell to the lower platform about 10m below after the removable type railings bent and failed.
Aft mooring lines un-spool from its drum and lost overboard. The investigation revealed that the drum control level had been left slightly in the release direction. The drum had then slowly un-spooled by itself after crew had left the aft mooring station.