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06 Oct 26

Fire in electrical panel during Restricted in Ability to Manoeuvre (RAM) operation

Maritime Safety & Compliance

Fire in electrical. CHIRP report M2731: a rescue vessel had switched on Restricted in Ability to Manoeuvre lights in a busy VTS fairway when the crew smelled burning, then saw smoke from behind the electrical panel.

05 Oct 26

Commercial pressure and decision-making during a high-risk offshore operation

Maritime Safety & Compliance

Commercial pressure and. A personnel transfer through the pilot access area of a large container vessel went ahead offshore, with severe weather warnings in force and no lee created for boarding. Water was entering the transfer area and vessel movement was heavy.

Near miss and reporting concerns

October 2, 2026
Maritime Safety & Compliance

A reporting facility existed. The deck crew still had no practical or confidential way to use it.

01 Oct 26

Man overboard from potting vessel Pioneer with loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

Seven deficiencies were closed using receipts. After a fatal accident, five of them appeared again.

30 Sep 26

Accident to chief engineer on board motor yacht Baton Rouge with loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The SMS required permits for electrical work and enclosed-space entry. The fatal job had neither.

29 Sep 26

Contact with pier by paddle steamer Waverley

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The dead centre event was known. The chief engineer did not know how to recognise or prevent it.

28 Sep 26

Flooding and foundering of stern trawler Opportune (LK 209)

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The renewal survey produced a hull condition report. It said nothing about the seawater pipework.

25 Sep 26

Loss of propulsion in heavy weather experienced by the passenger vessel Spirit of Discovery, leading to over 100 injuries and one fatality

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The voyage had weather forecasts, checklists and a risk assessment. It had no framework for saying no.

24 Sep 26

Double man overboard from the fishing vessel Weston Bay (GY123) with the loss of 1 life

Maritime Safety & Compliance

They called it a self-shooting system. A deckhand still had to work beside moving pots.

23 Sep 26

Fatal accident to a crew member on board the roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel Laureline

Maritime Safety & Compliance

The cargo audits found unsafe manoeuvres. The company still had no way to verify whether its own procedure worked.

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Fire in electrical panel during Restricted in Ability to Manoeuvre (RAM) operation

Commercial pressure and decision-making during a high-risk offshore operation

Near miss and reporting concerns

Man overboard from potting vessel Pioneer with loss of 1 life

Accident to chief engineer on board motor yacht Baton Rouge with loss of 1 life

Contact with pier by paddle steamer Waverley

Flooding and foundering of stern trawler Opportune (LK 209)

Loss of propulsion in heavy weather experienced by the passenger vessel Spirit of Discovery, leading to over 100 injuries and one fatality

Double man overboard from the fishing vessel Weston Bay (GY123) with the loss of 1 life

Fatal accident to a crew member on board the roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel Laureline

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