After cleaning cargo hold, a crew member while climbing the portable ladder lost his balance and fell to the tank top. The victim was taken to the hospital but unfortunately, eight days later he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. Read inside the article to know more.
The crew of a container vessel carrying Aluminium Phosphide hear small explosions inside one of the containers. The crew uses water to cool down the containers unaware of the fact that contact between water and Aluminium Phosphide produces phosphine, an extremely flammable and toxic gas.
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 real accident, despite the attempts by the AB to secure the winch brake, the anchor chain continued to run out and the last length of chain broken loose from the chain locker, hitting and fatally injuring the AB fatally by the bitter end.
On completing discharge, a tanker was ordered by the port to vacate the berth and tie up at a waiting berth, about 8 miles upriver. The assigned berth was identified with some difficulty on the chart and was seen to be on a sharp bend in the river.
Ship’s second engineer gets himself injured when the free-fall lifeboat was unexpectedly launched into the sea while carrying out maintenance. Learn more about the accident inside the article.
Inaction of officer on watch (OOW), distraction by tasks other than navigation, and lack of lookout leads to collision of two vessel in good weather and visibility. Know more about the accident inside the article.
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.
Extraordinarily violent sea conditions leads to capsizing of a small cement carrier with a crew of eight after the vessel became unmanageable during passage through the Pentland Firth.
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