In preparation for a maintenance job by an outside contractor, the chief engineer (CE) and an assisting crew member were to remove some stainless steel
Boiler explosions and defects, although not common, do happen from time to time and have the potential for very serious consequences. For example, testing of
On 7 October 2014, there was a fire on board the Danish flagged ro-ro cargo ship PARIDA while underway from Scrabster, United Kingdom, to Antwerp,
A ‘largo’ pontoon was beached at an isolated location for repairs. At one point the person in charge of the pontoon entered a compartment approximately
One of our general cargo vessels was discharging units of wood pulp into the cargo hold of a small inland river barge using the ship’s
A bunker barge was approaching the port side of a Platform Supply/ multipurpose Vessel (PSV) at anchor, for bunkering operations. The crew of the bunker
With the vessel on a northerly course, at 1430 the OOW fixed and plotted the vessel’s position, but did not calculate the predicted time for the next
While boarding a vessel a pilot suffered a concussion; a modified embarkation ladder hull magnet device disconnected from the ship’s hull and struck him on the head.
A multi-purpose cargo ship was making way in a busy TSS at about 15 knots at night and with a sole OOW on the bridge.
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