Maritime Safety & Compliance

22 Sep 26

Mooring deck accident on bulk carrier Mona Manx with loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The port prohibited ship-running manoeuvres. The master and pilot were never given that procedure.

21 Sep 26

Swamping of small commercial vessel Calypso 2 with loss of 2 lives

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The survey found eight deficiencies. Safety management was not one of them.

18 Sep 26

Engine room fire on board ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Europe

Maritime Safety & Compliance

Two weeks before the fire, the same flange sprayed fuel across the engine. It was repaired. Tested. Returned to service. Then it failed again.

17 Sep 26

Fatal accident on board bulk carrier Berge Mawson with loss of 3 lives

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The ship had enclosed-space procedures. The stevedores exposed to the hazard had no enclosed-space awareness training.

16 Sep 26

Crush incident on board ro-ro cargo vessel Clipper Pennant with loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

A near accident exposed the danger. A safety flash followed. The investigation was closed without evidence of effective follow-up.

15 Sep 26

Fall overboard from the crab potting vessel Amadeus (TH7) with the loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The vessel held full-term certification. The work still required a deckhand to lean over a 780mm bulwark.

14 Sep 26

Fatal accident on the beam trawler Cornishman with loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

What does a lifting-gear inspection prove when the critical section cannot be examined in place?

11 Sep 26

Serious injury to a crew member on board the scallop dredger Jacoba (BM77)

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The risk was recorded as low. The same assessment listed death or serious injury.

10 Sep 26

Allision of the rigid inflatable boat Peaky Blinder with a navigation beacon with the loss of 2 lives

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The harbour speed limit was 10 knots. Peaky Blinder reached 49.7.

09 Sep 26

Man overboard from the lone-operated creel fishing vessel Sea Eagle (AH18) resulting in one presumed fatality

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The vessel carried a kill cord, a MOB ladder and a registered PLB. After the skipper went overboard, the engines kept running. The ladder remained stowed. No alarm was raised.

Mooring deck accident on bulk carrier Mona Manx with loss of 1 life

Swamping of small commercial vessel Calypso 2 with loss of 2 lives

Engine room fire on board ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Europe

Fatal accident on board bulk carrier Berge Mawson with loss of 3 lives

Crush incident on board ro-ro cargo vessel Clipper Pennant with loss of 1 life

Fall overboard from the crab potting vessel Amadeus (TH7) with the loss of 1 life

Fatal accident on the beam trawler Cornishman with loss of 1 life

Serious injury to a crew member on board the scallop dredger Jacoba (BM77)

Allision of the rigid inflatable boat Peaky Blinder with a navigation beacon with the loss of 2 lives

Man overboard from the lone-operated creel fishing vessel Sea Eagle (AH18) resulting in one presumed fatality

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