Safety Alert: Fatality of three stevedores in enclosed space on board a bulk vessel
27 June 2022 three stevedores died in a cargo hold access space on board a bulk vessel at Bunyu [...]
Safety Alert: Gangway fell from quay
On 02 October 2024, the gangway of a container vessel detached from the quayside injuring five lashers. Four of [...]
Safety Alert: MAIB report on fatal capsize of tug
Image courtesy of Ian Catterson The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into the fatal girting(*) [...]
Safety Alert: MAIB report on fatal crush on RoRo cargo vessel
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into the fatal crush accident during cargo operations [...]
Safety Alert: Portable appliance electrical safety
What happened: A high potential incident occurred at a member’s premises when the plug of a portable heater caught [...]
Safety Alert: Unplanned lift descent
What happened: On 21 September 2024, a near miss was reported due to an unplanned descent of a [...]
Safety Alert: Mobile harbour crane cracks
What happened: During routine inspections, cracks were discovered in the diagonals on the booms of two mobile harbour [...]
Safety Alert: Mooring operative struck by mooring line
What happened: During mooring operations of a cruise vessel, the pilot advised that the vessel would begin to [...]
Safety Alert: fatality of a crew member and the collapse of two other crew due to heat exhaustion
On 27 July 2023, a bulk carrier was berthing at the port of Mesaieed, Qatar. Whilst the first [...]
Safety Alert: Health hazard to a dock worker due to electric shock when connecting a refrigerated container on board a container ship
A dock worker connecting a deck stowed refrigerated container to the ship’s power supply received an electric shock [...]