Maritime Safety & Compliance

NTSB MIR-26-24 Yangze 7 and Miss Peggy: distraction treated as a personal failing, not as a control

September 8, 2026
Maritime Safety & Compliance

A bridge can display a **“DON’T BE DISTRACTED”** poster. And still have no way to stop distraction. Why: It opens with a verified contradiction and delays the management implication, rather than assigning blame in the first line.

08 Sep 26

Grounding and subsequent loss of the dive support vessel Jean Elaine

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The vessel was not certified for the voyage. The organisation using her had never formally checked.

07 Sep 26

MAIB 7/2026 Laureline: a new vehicle deck procedure, no assurance that anyone was following it

Maritime Safety & Compliance

Selected: **“A new procedure landed on board. The work did not change.”** It immediately exposes the assurance gap that matters most to DPA and Technical Director readers: implementation is not evidence of safe execution.

07 Sep 26

Collision between the bulk carrier Polesie and the general cargo ship Verity resulting in the sinking of Verity and loss of five lives

Maritime Safety & Compliance

A shore instruction was meant to prevent a collision. The reconstruction found that following it helped create one.

04 Sep 26

Fall from a pilot ladder while attempting to board the cargo vessel Finnhawk from the pilot vessel Humber Saturn with loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The recovery platform worked that morning. When a man needed it, it would not come back up.

03 Sep 26

Man overboard from the bulk carrier World Prize with the loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The SMS required fall arrest. The worksite could not support the control it mandated.

02 Sep 26

MAIB 10/2026 Kommandor Susan: non-OEM bearings inside an extended service interval nobody re-verified

Maritime Safety & Compliance

Who verified the parts in your last major overhaul? Name the person. Not the department. The person.

29 Aug 26

MAIB 16/2026 World Prize: two internal audits looked at the working-at-height procedure and recorded it without comment

Maritime Safety & Compliance

**Two internal audits examined the working-at-height procedure. Both recorded it without comment.** Six months after the second one, a bosun fell through an unguarded opening and drowned.

06 Jan 26

Why the 2025 STS Transfer Guide Redefines Risk, Responsibility, and Reality

Industry News & Trends, Maritime Safety & Compliance

Why the 2025 STS Transfer Guide Redefines Risk, Responsibility, and Reality From Niche Practice to a $1.9 Trillion Reality The global Ship-to-Ship (STS) transfer market is no longer a marginal operational niche. It is projected to reach USD 1.9 trillion by 2032, driven by crude oil flows, chemical logistics, and…

16 Dec 25

“Silence on the Bridge” – Decision-Making Under Pressure at Sea – and Why Aviation Handles It Better

Leadership & Culture at Sea, Crew Training & Development, Maritime Safety & Compliance

“Silence on the Bridge” – Decision-Making Under Pressure at Sea – and Why Aviation Handles It Better (Article available on Linkedin) Bridge. Night watch. Routine conditions. No alarms. No emergency. No raised voices. Just light haze and a single contact on the radar. The Officer of the Watch has…

NTSB MIR-26-24 Yangze 7 and Miss Peggy: distraction treated as a personal failing, not as a control

Grounding and subsequent loss of the dive support vessel Jean Elaine

MAIB 7/2026 Laureline: a new vehicle deck procedure, no assurance that anyone was following it

Collision between the bulk carrier Polesie and the general cargo ship Verity resulting in the sinking of Verity and loss of five lives

Fall from a pilot ladder while attempting to board the cargo vessel Finnhawk from the pilot vessel Humber Saturn with loss of 1 life

Man overboard from the bulk carrier World Prize with the loss of 1 life

MAIB 10/2026 Kommandor Susan: non-OEM bearings inside an extended service interval nobody re-verified

MAIB 16/2026 World Prize: two internal audits looked at the working-at-height procedure and recorded it without comment

Why the 2025 STS Transfer Guide Redefines Risk, Responsibility, and Reality

“Silence on the Bridge” – Decision-Making Under Pressure at Sea – and Why Aviation Handles It Better

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