Struggling with fatigue, officer of the watch of a small container ship fell asleep in front of one of the radars. He woke up abruptly as he was thrown out of the chair by the impact of the ship collision with the seawall.
A deck cadet died on a bulk carrier as a result of shock and haemorrhage following multiple crush injuries. Read more about the real life incident in the article inside.
After a stevedore slipped and fell into a gap between logs on a log vessel, three others attempted to rescue him. All four unconscious stevedores were brought out with great difficulty from narrow spaces between logs. The hospital declared them “dead on arrival”.
An able seaman onboard a general cargo vessel was found dead in his cabin during the voyage. Four days previously, the vessel had loaded a grain cargo which had required in-transit fumigation.
There have been a number of accidents and injuries on ships resulting from the release of highly toxic phosphine gas. In addition, a number of fires and explosions have been caused by the unsafe disposal of residues of aluminium phosphide following the fumigation of cargoes in transit.
A general cargo vessel collides with a sailboat when the officer of the watch ignores a series of warnings from the lookout and continues listening to music during the watch. Read the article to find out what exactly lead to this ship accident.
A ship’s bosun falls from the accommodation ladder while disconnecting the latching mechanism which secured the pilot ladder to the accommodation ladder. His body was found three weeks later. Read inside the article for full details.
While the ship was at a port for cargo operations, a seaman moving around the hatch coaming greasing the hatch lid landing pads, suddenly slips and falls inside the cargo hold, landing about 8.5 metres below on top of a container.
In a surprising incident, a fluke from a ship’s extremely heavy anchor broke as a result of dragging during anchorage. Fortunately, there was no accident.