The Isle of Man Ship Registry has released its Isle of Man Ship Registry’s 2024 Casualty report. It contains an analysis of the data and trends identified from casualty reports submitted to the Ship Registry during 2024.
Over the course of last year, the Ship Registry said there were 53 Accidents, 34 incidents and 7 casualty reports. There was one fatality, 8 serious injuries and 22 minor injuries reported. Continue reading “Isle of Man Ship Registry’s 2024 Casualty report”
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) highlighted effective placement of smoke and fire detectors following its investigation of a fire aboard a fishing vessel, Tarka II, last year near Tatoosh Island, Washington. “Installation of smoke and fire detectors in spaces that are typically uncrewed when underway, such as the engine room, allows for the earliest detection and notification of a fire, maximizing the time for operators to respond to the fire or take actions to abandon the vessel,” the marine investigation report said. Continue reading “NTSB highlights fire detector placement after Tarka II”
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has released its Marine Incident Annual Report 2024, which gives detailed insights into marine incidents across domestic commercial vessels, foreign-flagged ships and regulated Australian vessels.
This report covers marine incident trends from 2020 to 2024 and provides an evidence base to support ongoing safety and compliance efforts. Continue reading “AMSA Marine Incident Report 2024 published”
The Bahamas Maritime Authority has published a report into the investigation of a Ro-Pax vessel, master Ru, which capsized and sank in The Bahamas in 2024.
On 11 July 2024, the Tanzania (Zanzibar) flagged passenger/ro-ro vessel, Master Ru, was carrying a cargo of bulk aggregate and construction equipment through the territorial seas of The Bahamas. After encountering a heavy squall, Continue reading “BMA investigation of capsizing of Master Ru, four presumed dead”
Transport Malta has released a report into a fatality on board bulk carrier Yuka D while it was at anchor off Paradip, India on 22 May 2024. The vessel Yuka D discharged a cargo of steel scrap at the port of Chittagong, Bangladesh, using its cargo cranes operated by shore personnel. Upon completion of unloading operations, the vessel proceeded in ballast to the port of Paradip, India, to load a new cargo of steel slabs. Yuka D arrived and anchored off Paradip on 20 May 2024. On the morning of 22 May 2024, while still at anchor awaiting Continue reading “Investigation report after crewmember falls to death on Yuka D”
The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, INTERCARGO, publishes the Bulk Carrier Casualty report which shows encouraging progress in bulk carrier safety, with vessel losses and fatalities continuing to decline over the last decade. However, serious security threats in 2024 demand urgent international action to protect seafarers and uphold freedom of navigation.
Its recent publication identified the loss of 20 bulk carriers (≥10,000 dwt) between 2015 and 2024, Continue reading “INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2025”
On 6 February 2021, a deckhand on the beam trawler Cornishman was fatally injured when the port trawl beam, which had been hoisted to facilitate a repair to the fishing gear, fell and struck him. It was found that a chain that was part of the trawl beam’s quick-release gear had failed, causing the beam to fall.
Safety issues affecting the beam trawler Cornishman were:
– Risk assessments were not followed and stated mitigations were ineffective, Continue reading “MAIB report: Fatal accident on the beam trawler Cornishman with loss of 1 life”
The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission has warned against deferred ship maintenance after a ship lost control containership Shiling lost control at Wellington Harbour on 15 April 2023.
What happened
On 15 April 2023, the container ship Shiling was under pilotage outbound from the port of Wellington and had just initiated a turn into the Wellington Harbour entrance channel when it suffered a blackout that caused the main engine to stop. Continue reading “TAIC warns against deferring ship maintenance after Shiling accident”
The system for responding to incidents in the North Sea needs to be put in order as soon as possible. That will require improved communication and information sharing between the Coastguard Centre and its cooperating organisations on shore. This is the conclusion of the Dutch Safety Board in its investigation of the emergency response to the fire that broke out on board the car carrier Fremantle Highway during the night of 25 to 26 July 2023. Continue reading “Investigation report released on Fremantle Highway disaster”
The key headline from the Bayesian interim report is that the yacht took less than 15 seconds to heel irrecoverably.
The UK-based Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report is the first official such document to be published into the sinking of the Bayesian which resulted in seven deaths off Sicily, including that of the yacht’s owner Mike Lynch, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah in August 2024.
As part of the Bayesian interim report, MAIB investigators have pieced together the sequence of events, the movements of the 10 crew and 12 guests onboard, and the rapid timeline of the sudden tragedy. Continue reading “MAIB issues interim report on the sinking of the Bayesian”
The German Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) has released its report into the collision with a pier/dry dock by the car carrier Endurance due to broken lines in Bremerhaven on 13 March 2021.
What happened?
The car carrier Endurance was moored starboard side in Bremerhaven’s Verbindungshafen connecting port on 13 March 2021. Continue reading “BSU report into Endurance collision with pier”
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said a catastrophic engine failure led to a fire aboard a towing vessel, Johnny M, on the Tennessee River last year.
An engine-room fire broke out on January 30, 2024, aboard the towing vessel Johnny M, which was pushing four barges on the Tennessee River near Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The six crewmembers aboard were unable to extinguish the fire using the CO2 fixed-fire-extinguishing system and abandoned ship to a Good Samaritan vessel. Continue reading “NTSB report on fire on board towing vessel Johnny M”
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