Safety Briefings Compendium

Welcome to the first edition of our new annual publication, the IIMS 2021 Safety & Loss Prevention Briefings Compendium. The broad aim of this Compendium is to showcase incident and accident reports and loss prevention measures that happened in 2021, all easily accessible in one place.

The Compendium ends with published opinion articles by experts in their fields regarding high-profile cases: ‘Fire, Fire, Fire: How Navy Failures Destroyed the Bonhomme Richard’ and ‘The missing question from the NTSB Report on MV Golden Ray: Why?’.

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Following the surprise runaway success of the first edition of the Safety & Loss Prevention Briefings Compendium, Edition II has been launched covering the period January to October 2022. The publication blends a mix of incident and accident reports with essential loss prevention advice generated over the year.

One significant new feature is a calendar, featuring some of the many accidents that have occurred during 2022, catalogued month by month.

This year’s articles include: ‘Lithium-ion batteries… should we be concerned?’ and ‘Statsraad Lehmkuhl – the wind and the sails’.

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The third edition of the Safety & Loss Prevention Briefings Compendium covers the period between December 2022 and November 2023.

Extending to 172 pages, Edition III builds on the success of the previous versions. This year’s feature articles include: ‘Tragedy on the Thames: The Princess Alice Disaster’ and ‘Last word by Geoff Waddington – IIMS Immediate Past President’.

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Edition IV of the IIMS Safety & Loss Prevention Briefings Compendium is an essential addition to every marine surveyor’s online library.

This year’s publication features articles including: ‘From crisis to contingency: Evaluating the effects of Baltimore’s bridge collapse on maritime trade’, ’10 Golden safety rules to live by launched’, ‘Weak signal – a treacherous danger’, ‘Disasters at sea and their impact on shipping regulation’, ‘ Small craft sector must inform and educate customers of dangers to avoid passenger injury says MAIB’, and ‘Safety incidents in the maritime industry: Challenges, impact, and the path to improved safety standards.’

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Edition V of the popular and informative IIMS Safety & Loss Prevention Briefings Compendium is now available to read.

This year, the publication, out of necessity, includes a reduced Accident Calendar highlighting some of the most significant maritime accidents of the year. A separate Accident Calendar supplement has also been published featuring more than 500 incidents.

Feature articles include: ‘Why do the same accidents keep happening?’, ‘What happens in the aftermath of a serious marine accident’, ‘What’s behind the latest spate of boat fires?’, ‘Surviving the M/S Estonia  disaster and the journey of resilience and recovery’, and ‘Stories of the SS Andrea Doria Disaster’.

Download the Accident supplement: Accident Calendar Supplement 2025
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