An engineer attempted to open the incinerator door while underway. His thumb was trapped and crushed between the door holder lever and the stopper plate. Read inside to know more about the accident.
During a routine launching drill of a rescue boat, the fall wire parted, causing the rescue boat to fall into the water with four crew members inside. One of the crew members died and two were hospitalised.
Ineffective BRM and lack of relevant communication between the pilots of the two vessels resulted in collision of vessels in a canal. Read more about the real life accident inside.
A crew member lost his life while working in a fuel oil tank at a time when the ship was undergoing repairs in dry dock. A number of contributing factors were found for this unfortunate accident. Read them inside.
A ship’s master dies of drowning after falling from the gangway. The master was returning from shore leave and was supposedly under the influence of alcohol.
During planned maintenance of the provision crane, the ship’s A/B fell off the ladder and landed heavily on the deck, leading to severe injury. Read the article to learn about the cause of the accident.
Despite numerous attempts by the tanker’s crew to warn the bunker vessel during ship-to-ship operation, the crew and the bridge team on the bunker vessel failed to notice or react to the impending collision, leading to contact damage.
In carrying out hot work on board a vessel, neither the ship’s crew nor the shore personnel properly considered or mitigated the risk of fire, leading to fire inside the cargo hold.
A 3rd Officer on board a cargo ship suffered burns to his hands and face when he wrongly used a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) air compressor to refill an oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA) cylinder, causing it to explode.