Accident Reports

INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2025

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INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2025
INTERCARGO Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2025

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”

MAIB report: Fatal accident on the beam trawler Cornishman

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The MAIB report into a fatality onboard the beam trawler Cornishman highlights a number of failings
The MAIB report into a fatality onboard the beam trawler Cornishman highlights a number of failings

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”

TAIC warns against deferring ship maintenance after Shiling accident

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Shiling before it lost control
TAIC’s report Shiling containership

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”

Investigation report released on Fremantle Highway disaster

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Emergency assistance Fremantle Highway. Source: ANP/Marco van der Caaij
Emergency assistance Fremantle Highway. Source: ANP/Marco van der Caaij

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”

MAIB issues interim report on the sinking of the Bayesian

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The Bayesian interim report has been published by the MAIB
The Bayesian interim report has been published by the MAIB

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”

BSU report into Endurance collision with pier

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BSU investigation Endurance collision report published
BSU investigation Endurance collision report published

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”

NTSB report on fire on board towing vessel Johnny M

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Fire aboard Towing Vessel Johnny M (Source: East Marshall Fire Department)
Fire aboard Towing Vessel Johnny M (Source: East Marshall Fire Department)

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”

NTSB report on Ocean Navigator engine failure

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Ocean Navigator docked in Portland, Maine on Oct. 19 2023, after the fire. (Source: NTSB)
Ocean Navigator docked in Portland, Maine on Oct. 19 2023, after the fire. (Source: NTSB)

Debris in an engine’s lube oil system led to a diesel engine failure and an engine room fire aboard a passenger vessel docked in Portland, Maine, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. The passenger vessel Ocean Navigator was moored at the Ocean Gateway Terminal on Oct. 18, 2023, when the no. 2 auxiliary diesel generator engine suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure that seriously injured one crewmember and resulted in an engine-room fire. Crewmembers secured ventilation to the engine room, and the fire self-extinguished. Continue reading “NTSB report on Ocean Navigator engine failure”

Investigators publish report on 2024 YM Mobility blast in China’s Ningbo Port

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The YM Mobility fireThe China Maritime Safety Administration (CMSA) has published a report on its investigation into the explosion and subsequent fire on the Taiwanese-owned container vessel YM Mobility blast in China’s Ningbo Port on 9 August 2024. An explosion occurred in a container loaded with dangerous goods on board near the ship’s bow. According to the shipper’s declaration, the container was a reefer used as a substitute for a dry container, without requiring power connection. The estimated economic loss resulting from in the incident was about CNY90 million (US$13 million). Continue reading “Investigators publish report on 2024 YM Mobility blast in China’s Ningbo Port”

Safety alert issued following explosion and fire aboard liftboat

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Aftermath of the explosion and fireThe Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has issued a safety alert regarding an incident where an explosion and fire aboard a liftboat injured workers. ΒSEE has recently investigated an explosion and subsequent fire that occurred on a liftboat during well cleanup and testing operations. Two contract workers suffered second-degree burns.

This event underscores a multitude of critical shortcomings in procedural controls, equipment readiness, and emergency response during offshore oil and gas operations. The explosion was caused by a gas accumulation on the liftboat deck during the draining of fluids from a Continue reading “Safety alert issued following explosion and fire aboard liftboat”

NTSB recommends improving preparedness of land-based firefighters to vessel fires

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Firefighters dosing the ship in waterThe US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that land-based firefighters be better prepared for marine vessel firefighting following a fatal fire on the Con-Ro vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio in Newark, New Jersey, on 5 July 2023. The ship was docked at Port Newark when a vehicle used by shoreside workers to push used vehicles onto the vessel caught fire on an interior garage deck.

The ship’s captain ordered use of the vessel’s CO2 extinguishing system, Continue reading “NTSB recommends improving preparedness of land-based firefighters to vessel fires”

MAIB report after two people died in boat accident in Anguilla

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The shipwrecked Calypso 2
Calypso 2 aground in the cove. Credit: Anguilla Fire and Rescue Service

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report after two people died in boat accident in Anguilla in 20203 whilst onboard the small commercial vessel Calypso 2 in Anguilla in 2023. The vessel was also lost.

On 11 March 2023, the small commercial vessel Calypso 2 entered a cove near West End, Anguilla. The boat was overwhelmed by the force of the large ground seas that had developed near the coast and the four passengers and two crew were ejected into the water.

Tragically, the mate and a female passenger lost their lives. Continue reading “MAIB report after two people died in boat accident in Anguilla”

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