In its latest Safety Digest for 2019, UK MAIB describes a case of a barge grounding due to failure of towing wire. With respect to this incident, UK MAIB advised that companies should therefore include a time frame for replacement of the towing wire eye hard socket within their operating procedures.
The incident
A 25m tug was towing a large unmanned semi-floating drill barge in the Baltic Sea.
Owing to deteriorating weather conditions, the tug’s master decided to anchor the tug overnight in a...
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