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A dive support vessel, Jean Elaine, which grounded in the Scotland in 2024 was not certified for operation at the time of the accident said a report published by the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB).

What happened

On 22 July 2024, the dive support vessel Jean Elaine grounded on a falling tide in Saint Peter’s Pool in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The vessel developed a severe port list and suffered water ingress. Continue reading “Jean Elaine, dive support vessel not certified for operation, says MAIB report”

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 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”

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released an interim report on the fatal North Sea collision between the container ship Solong and the oil/chemical tanker Stena Immaculate. One of Solong’s crew has never been found and is presumed to have died in the incident which took place 14 nautical miles north-east of Spurn Head at the entrance to the Humber Estuary, England on 10 March 2025.

The report has revealed that neither ship had a dedicated lookout on the bridge. Continue reading “MAIB publishes interim report on North Sea collision”

On the morning of 29 July 2021, the skipper of the UK registered potting vessel Pioneer (NN200) accidently entered the water as the vessel was heading back to its beach standing in Hastings, England. Pioneer’s sole deckhand was unable to pull him back on board and the skipper was later recovered from the water with the help of a rescue helicopter’s winchman and airlifted to hospital, but he could not be revived.

The MAIB investigation found that Pioneer had a low bulwark at its aft deck, which did not prevent the skipper’s fall into the water. At the time of the accident neither the skipper nor deckhand were wearing a personal flotation device, although two were available on board. Continue reading “Man overboard from potting vessel Pioneer with loss of 1 life”