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 [...]
Safety Alert: Slow speed gantry crane derailment
What happened: A rail mounted gantry crane, servicing visiting hauliers, had begun trolleying when the driver heard a [...]
Safety Alert: Cargo Stability
What happened: During the discharge of paper reels from a cargo hold, stevedores discovered that some reels in [...]
Safety Alert: Shipboard firefighting by shore based firefighters
On 5 July 2023, a fire caught hold on board the vehicle carrier Grande Costa D’Avorio whilst it [...]
Safety Alert: Near Miss – Cruise Gangway
What Happened: A cruise vessel was preparing to depart the Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF). The gangway had [...]
Safety Alert: Hooking on whilst working at height
A cargo vessel alongside in port had completed discharging animal feed. The cargo hold was empty and the [...]
Safety Alert: Empty Container Dislodgement
What happened: In January 2024, Storm Isha brought severe gale force winds of over 120km/h to the Dublin [...]
Safety Alert: Falling Extractor Flue – Near Miss
This incident relates to a flue pipe detaching from its position and falling onto a pedestrian area. Fewer than [...]
Safety Alert: Working safely with visiting drivers
Two external HGV drivers attending a steel and metals terminal positioned their flatbed vehicles for loading of 10m x [...]