Real Life Accident: Crew Member Suffers Injury During Mooring Operation
A crew member’s right leg got entangled in the messenger line while carrying out mooring operation on board a ship. Learn more about the accident inside the article.
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Report: Damage Stability Study
The issue of stability, and especially damage stability of passenger ships, has been frequently re-visited. This has been so, not due to the number of associated accidents, but due to the consequences that these accidents can have.
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Real Life Accident: Small And Manoeuvrable But Still Out Of Control
A small feeder ship with controllable pitch power (CP) was brought out of a restricted port in order to shift berth from port to starboard side. However, in the process the vessel grounded, followed by heavy contact with the south jetty on the opposite side of the river. Read more about the incident inside the article.
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Real Life Accident: Stevedore Gets Hit By A Broken Chain in A Near-Fatal Accident
Stevedores were securing containers on board a vessel with chain slings. During the securing of one container, the chain broke at the hook and hit a stevedore on the head.
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Investigation Report: Fire On Board The Livestock Carrier Ocean Drover
The information contained in this Preliminary report is released in accordance with section 25 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 and is derived from the initial investigation of the occurrence.
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Real Life Accident: Pointing The Finger At Careless Work Practices
Three crew were in the process of overhauling a tank cleaning machine for one of the cargo tanks, when due to careless work practice one of the crewmen injured his finger badly.
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Real Life Incident: CO2 Labelling Mixup
During an investigation in the ship’s CO2 room, the identification for the release valves for holds one, two, four and five were misidentified. Only hold number three was correctly identified.
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Real Life Incident: The Bigger Ship Gets The Right Of Way?
Unprofessional attitude of the OOW and lack of proper communication leads to near miss situation at the sea. Read inside the article to know more.
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Real Life Accident: Weakened Wire Leaves Ladder Hanging
When the vessel left port the accommodation ladder was left un-stowed in the horizontal position, hanging from the hoist wire, while crew were busy with departure tasks. Once away…
